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Long Solider is using poem form social/historical critique throughout the book in many ways. Part One of Long Solider talks about abortion, motherhood, miscarriage, death, etc.  The emotions seem very depressing and sad. For example, in the poem "Look" it describes grasses are being pulled up from the ground and their life being taken away: “less light quick dead grass   skulls weight less pile dry mound in cupped palm.” (Soilder 12). She shows us emotion by the imagery and description of words she uses in her poems. For example, Dakota 38 really provides an image in my head. The details and how specific this poem is provides an image in my head of what happened to the thirty eight men: "The Dakota 38 refers to thirty-eight Dakota men who were executed by hanging, under orders from President Abraham Lincoln. To date, this is the largest “legal” mass execution in U.S. history. The hanging took place on December 26 th , 1862—the day after Christmas."