Question

Read the stanza from "Elegy for My Brother Poet Filipino & Yuki Indian" by Vince Gotera. in Vietnam, El Salvador, Afghanistan — but your words live on in sacred corn, in wheat's amber waves, in the holy words of Tayko-mol. Oandasan, your poems fly like rainbow-feathered spiders in seven directions — mountain, valley, forest, city, ocean, sky, home.

What is the meaning of this stanza?
Oandasan wrote poems that make people feel lost.
Oandasan wrote poems that celebrate all people.
Oandasan wrote poems about strange looking spiders.
Oandasan wrote poems about natural environments.

Answer 1

The stanza from "Elegy for My Brother Poet Filipino & Yuki Indian" by Vince Gotera means that Oandasan's poems celebrate all people and the natural environments they inhabit.

Step-by-step explanation:

The meaning of the stanza from "Elegy for My Brother Poet Filipino & Yuki Indian" by Vince Gotera is that Oandasan, the poet being honored in the poem, wrote poems that celebrate all people and their connection to the natural world. The stanza mentions how Oandasan's words live on in the sacred corn, the amber waves of wheat, and the holy words of Tayko-mol. It also describes how Oandasan's poems fly in multiple directions, reaching various natural environments such as mountains, valleys, forests, cities, oceans, and the sky. So, Oandasan wrote poems that celebrate all people and the natural environments they inhabit.

Answer 2

Oandasan wrote poems that celebrate all people.