Darryl uses repetition in the beginning of his poem and specific details of what he has seemingly gone through in his life he uses diction and he also uses free verses in his poem to connect to his topic and he also uses anaphora Darryl made this poem to show readers that you should never have your head down and keep your confidence high he has addressed you can do what ever you want to do and be what ever you want to be as long as you put your mind to it Darryl has made this poem to simply boost peoples self confidence and help them realize they should never give up.