Beautiful Woman of Terror

     In "Night Madness Poem" by Sandra Cisneros, the author uses profound diction and imagery. The speaker elaborates on her own characteristics, which reflect how pretentious she is. What makes everything a bit more interesting is that she knows it and also enjoys it.
     Line 29 says, "I'm a woman delighted with her disasters." The speaker is being provocative which actually is the tone of this entire piece. A prideful woman is boasting throughout this poem, which was the purpose of Cisneros. This poem allows the reader to feel every word written in this poem because it feels as though every word that drips from the speaker is softly spoken but very harsh at the same time. The combination of two completely different attitudes is sweet and sour, which is very appealing to the audience.
     In Lines 7-10, we see the speaker say "I'm the crazy lady they warned you about. / The she of rumor talked about - / and worse, who talks." The speaker is describing her lack of silence as the poet presents to us diction.  This woman isn't afraid of what others think, therefore she lets her tongue loose, although she knows it may backfire.
     The 9th stanza says, "Choose your weapon. / Mine- the telephone, my tongue. / Both black as a gun." Here, we see POWER! This is where we see the beauty! The Speaker understands that she may be a bit terrifying with her attitude and with her words but she also tells us that she understands that these are weapons which makes this entire poem exciting. Remember, that your words have a lot of power behind them, use them wisely!