How we cite our quotes: (Lines)
Quote #1
I have nothing else to give you,
so it is a pot full of yellow corn (8-9)
In comparing his poem to a pot of yellow corn, the speaker uses imagery associated with the home. After all, it's at home that we sit down to have a hearty meal. So, even though these lines don't mention the word "home," they evoke it.
Quote #2
tucked away like a cabin or hogan
in dense trees (18-19)
The speaker here compares his poem to a cabin or hogan. Cabins are types of homes, and so are hogans (traditional Navajo dwellings). Here the poem is compared to dwellings that are used as homes. Like a home, the poem can provide shelter.