Question

Based on the phrase "Spanish is in my flesh,"
what role does the speaker play in this poem?

Answer 1

Answer: the speaker shows how language is a physical part of a persons cultural heritage

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The speaker plays the role an advocate of her identity.

Step-by-step explanation:

• In the poem "Child of America", the poet, Aurora Levins Morales, establishes her cultural identity and advocates that she is a proud child of the Americas.
• By the line "Spanish is in my flesh", the poet means that she has Spanish hereditary in her blood. She says this to advocate that each of us are a mixture of different cultures.
• Therefore, she calls on the need for assimilation and integration of different cultures in the country.