A comparison of "Child of the Americas" and "Amerícan"

Amerícans, happy in their new home.
"Child of the Americas", a poem by Aurora Levins Morales describes the perspective of a Puerto Rican woman that has a very diverse ancestral background who has immigrated to the United States. "Amerícan", on the other hand, is a more so broader depiction of a very similiar concept to that of "Child of the Americas". The poems seem to have many distinct similarities, including their common overall theme of the narrators love for who they are and where they live.
One of the first similarities that is quite obvious is the common narr…