Critique__How_I_Learned_to_Sweep

Critique: How I Learned to Sweep Critique: How I Learned to Sweep The poem “How I Learned to Sweep” is written beautifully. I like the rhyme scheme and the pentameter. I think its very unique how the author, Julia Alvarez, ties together the sweeping with the broom and the sweeping of the weeds from a helicopter dropping off troops. The lines “…our soldiers were landing in their helicopters into jungles their propellers swept like weeds seen underwater…” gives you a beautiful mental picture. You can actually see weeds underwater swaying and also weeds being swept down from a helicopter. Another visually how, learned, sweep, weeds, swept, poem, lines, think, sweeping, screen, julia, helicopters, helicopter, harder, floor, alvarez, our, written, watched, visually, very, upon, unique, underwater, troops, together, ties, through, talking, sweeps, swaying, strong, soldiers, shows, selection, seen, seemed, scheme, right, rhyme, read, quoted, quality, propellers, prior, picture, pentameter, out