Blood Dazzler part 1

Break the piece down section by section. How does each piece act as a “BUILDING BLOCK”? How does the writer create dramatic tension or interest through these building blocks?

Smith discusses in series of different poetry Hurricane Katrina. The way she uses her building blocks is by telling you the day by day agony these people were put through. She makes you feel like you are truly there going through this pain with them step by step. Each poem you read further and further into the book the more tension you feel. The agony and interest makes you keep reading the next poem. Smith does an excellent job using building blocks.