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A Study Guide for Pat Mora's "Uncoiling," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
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A Study Guide for Pat Mora's "Uncoiling" - Gale
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Uncoiling
Pat Mora
2001
Introduction
Mexican-American author Pat Mora has published several books of poetry, including the 2001 collection Uncoiling, which includes the poem by that title. She has published a well-regarded memoir, House of Houses, which describes how she became an author while growing up in a bilingual area of Texas near the Mexican border where literacy was not valued. Mora's fame comes from the many award-winning books she has written for children, which often describe the joys and difficulties of cultural blending. Mora is an activist for literacy and for gender equality, and her social concerns are often present, if understated, in her writings for both adults and for children.
The poem Uncoiling
presents its ideas on many layers. On the simplest level, it is a description of a tornado as it approaches, shakes a house, and then moves on. Mora describes the tornado with feminine adjectives and images, though, so the suggestion is that the violent natural force is like a woman. Unstated but clear is the admiration that the poet expresses for this force, as well as for the women who brave the storm: This is at heart a poem about the strength of women, though the poet does not need to force that point to make
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