One of the poems by Pat Moras that involves blank verse is La Migra. Blank verse is very much like everyday conversation and prompts the reader to respond more to the effects of language and image in the poem. Blank verse is favored for thoughtful, narrative poems and does not rhyme. The blank verses fit perfectly into La Migra, because Pat Mora tells about the children's play, what they say, what they imagine, and if the reader has a good imagination, he can even imagine the setting and think about what is really happening. Blank verse is also favored in the reflective route, because what Pat Mora is trying to express in La Migra is that everyone has feelings, no matter where people come from, or if they are legal or illegal in the United States, but what. What matters is that people are all equal and that everyone has the same rights. Just because someone is a border patrol officer does not mean they will have the right to kick or touch an illegal person, as the child in the first stanza thinks, who says, "I can take you wherever I want, but don't ask questions because I don't. speak Spanish. I can touch you anywhere I want but don’t complain because I have boots and kicks – if I have to.” Blank verse is very necessary in this poem to make possible what the author is trying to achieve, in this case, making people think about the feelings of others and having a reflexive impact on the