What is the significance of the title of the poem "Tattoo" by Gregg Shapiro?

A) It is a symbol for the speaker's decision to let go of his family's legacy and carve out his or her own identity.

B) It refers to the system by which people were physically labeled in concentration camps during the Holocaust.

C) It is an allusion to the speaker's ethnic heritage and traditions passed down through generations.

D) It is an ironic title because the poem discusses the importance of the human body being left unmarked.

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Itzel Moreno

7 April, 23:18

What is the significance of the title of the poem "Tattoo" by Gregg Shapiro?

A) It is a symbol for the speaker's decision to let go of his family's legacy and carve out his or her own identity.

B) It refers to the system by which people were physically labeled in concentration camps during the Holocaust.

C) It is an allusion to the speaker's ethnic heritage and traditions passed down through generations.

D) It is an ironic title because the poem discusses the importance of the human body being left unmarked.

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Hayden Freeman · Answer 1

The significance of the title of the poem Tatto by Gregg Shapiro is that it refers to the system by which people were physically labelled in concentration camps during the holocaust. At the time of the holocaust, in concentration camps, Jews have numbers imprinted on their bodies in order to identify them. The poet's father is one of the survivors of this inhuman treatment.