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Look at the title from the next poem "Thumbprint" by Eve Merriam. Predict what you think this poem will discuss.
Read the poem "Thumbprint."
In the heel of my thumb
are whorls, whirls, wheels,
in a unique design:
mine alone.
What a treasure to own!
My own flesh, my own feelings.
No other, however grand or base,
can ever contain the same.
My signature,
thumbing the pages of my time.
My universe key,
my singularity.
Impress, implant,
I am myself,
all of my atom parts I am the sum.
And out of my blood and my brain
I make my interior weather,
my own sun and rain.
Imprint my mark upon the world,
whatever I shall become.
The speaker is doing more than describing her thumb. What is she trying to say? Look at the lines below.
"My signature,
thumbing the pages of my time."
The author uses personification to suggest that a signature can thumb through pages. What does this line really mean?
What do you think is the most significant line in the poem and why?
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