6. While some poems focus exclusively on a personal or private experience, others reflect on
the place of the individual in the larger human community. In the work of at least two poets,
explore the ways in which poems have conveyed the poet’s sense of the world beyond the private
sphere.

Naimi Shihab Nye has a very interesting writing style in her poetry. The reason for this is because she writes about her personal stories and her poems do not rhyme. On top of that her poems are extremely long. In her poems she writes a lot about Arab people because she is Arab. One of her poems that adress her Arab culture is the poem "Blood." This poem explains what a true Arab is. In this poem she is writing about her father and how he is a true Arab who is kind and caring. The reason why she talks about the true Arab is because of what was happenning with events like 911. People were confused as to what a true Arab was and what the terrorists were. An example of this is in the first line when she writes, "A true Arab knows how to catch a fly in his hands." The reason for this sentence is because she is trying to say that a true Arab wouldn't even hurt a fly. Another poem that she has written that reflects on her personal life was one about her father and how he told her stories when she was a little girl. In every story her father included a fig tree or just a fig but he always added it into the story. This is important because her father is trying to pass down his culture to his daughter. He does not want her to forget who she is and why that is a good and special thing.