Poem: Preface to twenty Volume Suicide Note
Author: Amiri Baraka

Speaker: A depressed person/ father how is tired of the simplicities life
Occasion: Pre suicide
Audience: General
Purpose: To show that life is worth living
Subject: deciding his fate, to kill or not to kill
Tone: depressed, low, miserable, sad.

Literary Critic:
The poem “Preface to twenty Volume Suicide Note” by Amiri Baraka is a poem with no rhyming scheme at any point of the poem. This idea of having no rhyme in poem was an interesting choice by the author. I believe the choice to do so is a lot clearer when one sees the title of the poem in particular the words “Suicide Note.” It became clear to me that it was supposed to be a suicide note but just in the form of a poem. This poem has many different interpretations, as do all other poem. I believe this was about a father how did not see a meaning in life until he saw that he had a purpose in life, the dude to be a good father to his daughter. What makes this poem really effective is that the author paints a clear picture of the situation and makes the audience feel sympathetic, eventually getting the reader to feel what he feels.