The City in Which I Love You By Li-Young Lee For a New Citizen of These United States Asian American Poetry Poetry is an author’s tool to produce written work in order to express themselves and evoke emotions and feelings they have. Poetry comes in many different forms and from much different type of authors. It can be categorized in different ways. There are similarities and differences amidst the different types of poetry. Poetry …showed first 75 words of 915 total…

…showed last 75 words of 915 total…must be a combination of influence from both cultures. One’s past, family and education are all elements to an “Asian American poem. “For a New Citizen of the United States,” by Li-Young Lee is a poem that has elements of both cultures “Asian” and “American” in it. The title itself also shows that the United States is playing a big part in his life if he’s a new citizen coming from the East.