Provide a brief interpretation of the poem. What do you believe might be the larger meaning of the poem, beyond the details of the literal events described?

Out There Somewhere response

Directions for your Reading Response:
Answer these in list form, but create prose paragraphs as in your other responses so far. Also, you don’t need to respond to these items in the order below, but I do
want you to respond to all aspects somewhere in your response.
1. Provide a brief summary of what is taking place in the poem you’ve been assigned. In other
words, what is this poem literally about, to the best of your understanding? This response can be brief and should not include your actual interpretation/analysis of the larger meaning of the poem.
2. Point out at least two key literary terms from the Glossary of Poetic Terms that you see Ortiz utilizing in this poem. Be sure to point out the specific lines and stanzas where you see these poetic techniques being used, and explain how their use adds meaning to the poem.
3. Does the visual appearance of the poem on the page call attention to itself in any way? How or why? That is, do you find any significance to the poem’s meaning in the way the lines are broken, the stanzas are divided, the font is ENLARGED HERE or made smaller there, or the way some stanzas are formatted to the center while others are flush with the margins?
4. Provide a brief interpretation of the poem. What do you believe might be the larger meaning of the poem, beyond the details of the literal events described? What language, images, tone, and other details provide evidence of your interpretation? Analyze the poem’s content, language/s, and theme/s by looking closely at the text and the literary elements Ortiz employs.