There Is No Word For Goodbye

Author: Mary Tallmountain

Genre: Poem

Setting: Alaska, outside and nature

Point Of View: first person

Main Characters: poet, sokoya (poet's aunt)

Theme: "no word for say goodbye"

Literary device: imaginary, similes, and metaphor

Mood: hopeful, sad, and serious

Summary: This poem is about the there is no word for say goodbye in the Athabaskan, people in Athabaskan they believe they will see their friend again. They believe say goodbye means leave forever, so they wont have the word "goodbye".