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Story from Bear Country Summary & Study Guide Description
Story from Bear Country Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
This detailed literature summary also contains Further Reading on Story from Bear Country by Leslie Marmon Silko.
Story from Bear Country Poem Summary
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Lines 1-3
In these introductory lines, the poet establishes a direct address tone, speaking directly to readers, instructing them as if they were about to take a journey and the speaker is the guide. Readers are also introduced to the location, "bear country," which is probably a general term for any area where bears live and roam.
Lines 4-5
Readers will know they are in bear country by an overwhelming silence. In this unique image, the poet makes "silence" tangible by giving it movement, "flowing" around them as they stand under the juniper trees.
Lines 6-7
Continuing a list of ways readers will know they are in bear country, in these lines, Silko describes the distinctive colors of sandstone in the region. "Sundown colors," or colors associated with the sunset, are most likely referring to red, orange, and yellow.
Lines 8-10
In these lines, the poet uses the sensory detail of smell to help describe...
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