1. how would you describe the tone of this poem? Why? 2. how you think Montez feels about his childhood memories?

POEM:

I remember the scent of acorn soup cooking and deer meat frying in
quiet evenings of summer

And shivering under thin blankets in winter and watching the wall
paper dance to the force of the winter winds outside.

I remember the cry of an owl in the night and I knew it was an
ominous warning, a cry of death.

I remember running in the dust behind the medicine trunk when it
came to the reservation, lifesavers was a free treat.
And grandpa sitting in his favorite resting chair under his favorite
shade treat with his dog “Oly” by his side.

I remember running naked and screaming with my aunt in hot
pursuit, a stick in her hand, she always caught me.

And every summer we would swim in the river and let the sun bake
us until we were a shade less than purple, basking in the riverbank,
undisturbed, at peace.