Mapping citizen

Please answer the following:

1) How does the use of “you” throughout the opening sections of Citizen impact your understanding of the text so far? (Your answer should be approximately 4-6 sentences.)

2) Look up lyric in the dictionary, or do an internet search for lyric poetry. How does Rankines use of lyric in the subtitle of Citizen both adhere to and challenge these definitions and usages? What is the significance of calling Citizen An American Lyric? [Approximately 3-5 sentences.]

3) Rankine uses visual images–many of them drawn from visual artists–throughout the text, but their role in the text is ambiguous. In other words, it is unclear what the images are “doing” in relation to the rest of the text. Choose one image and share a few sentences about how you interpret its meaning in the text. [Approximately 3-4 sentences.]