Week 11 Blog Post

nobody’s going to save you. no one’s going to cut you down, cut the thorns thick around you. no one’s going to storm the castle walls nor kiss awake your birth, climb down your hair, nor mount you onto the white steed. there is no one who will feed the yearning. face it. you will have to do, do it yourself. - Gloria Anzaldua

Anzaldua uses anaphora (nobody/no one's/no one's) in order to convey the message that one can only free themselves through whatever means (but probably spiritual and mental). It doesn't seem to be an exact usage, but the idea she conveys with the similar words have a profound effect. This usage also denotes a pattern. In this quote, Anzaldua uses the metaphor of an archetypical princess who waits for her prince charming in order to tell her audience that we ultimately have to save ourselves. The last sentence seems to be an instance of of an implied chiasmus. (it) you will have to do, do it yourself.