Questão 23 - UFRR Módulo 1 2021

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FOR CALLING THE SPIRIT BACK FROM WANDERING THE EARTH IN ITS HUMAN FEET

Joy Harjo

 

Put down that bag of potato chips, that white bread,
that bottle of pop.
Turn off that cellphone, computer, and remote
control.
Open the door, then close it behind you.
Take a breath offered by friendly winds.
They travel the earth gathering essences of plants to
clean.
Give it back with gratitude.
If you sing it will give your spirit lift to fly to the stars‟
ears and back.
Acknowledge this earth who has cared for you since
you were a dream planting itself precisely within
your parents‟ desire.
Let your moccasin feet take you to the encampment
of the guardians who have known you before time,
who will be there after time.
They sit before the fire that has been there without
time.
Let the earth stabilize your postcolonial insecure
jitters.
Be respectful of the small insects, birds and animal
people who accompany you. Ask their forgiveness
for the harm we humans have brought down upon
them. […]

HARJO, J. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems, W W. Norton & Company, 2015. Disponível em: https://poets.org/poem/calling-spiritback-wandering-earth-its-human-feet. Acesso em 02 dez. 2020.

Most verses in this poem by Joy Harjo begin with imperative sentences.

 

Considering the meanings of this structure in English, it is possible to say that the intended effect of its use for the whole text is to: