Stephanie Burt - We Are Mermaids: Poems " "

Stephanie Burt, a Harvard professor, introduces her book 'We Are Mermaids', which features poems spoken by various punctuation marks, each representing different queer and trans identities. She reads a poem spoken by quotation marks, highlighting themes of identity, drama, and memorization.

In what ways do quotation marks represent the voices in the poem?

Discuss the metaphor of quotation marks likening themselves to various objects and beings.