"The Lost Heritage" "The Lost Heritage" is a free-verse poem by Heather Buck, which illustrates the heritages being forgotten or "lost" in the modern world. The tone of this dramatic monologue is depicted right from the start in the title, "The Lost Heritage." A lost of something so great brings in a sad tone to the poem. Through the use of theme and imagery, the narrator sets the tone of this poem. The most important …showed first 75 words of 441 total…

…showed last 75 words of 441 total…how ignorant the present generation have been about the world's heritages. And maybe, it's not even our faults. These faults may be pointed at the generation before us or the one before that because they never enriched us with the knowledge of the past. Using theme and imagery, I believe that the poet has powerfully set the tone to portray how sorrowful, sad and tragic it is to have our heritages be forgotten and "lost."