Analysis Of Protest And There Is A Lake Here

Have you ever imagined losing your rights and freedom? Back during the time of slavery, slaves did not have any privileges. Slaves were not able to speak their minds, participate in their government, or all other freedoms. Overtime, slaves gained their rights and began to fight to end segregation. Slaves were not respected and in order to gain their rights they were forced to protest for peace. In the poems Protest and There is a Lake Here, they represent how we as humans believe in independence and freedom and take pride in the rights we have today.

In the poem Protest, Ella Wheeler Wilcox describes what protesting means and looks like. She explains what bravery looks like and how people have to be very brave to stand up for what they believe …show more content…
Smith describes how children are having fun in a large lake and represents the idea of freedom. He emphasizes how because you have freedom, you have to the right to go out and have fun and do what you please. The children are free to roam around the entire lake without an indication of drowning. They are having fun as a group and never once are worried about the dangers of what could happen, “To wrap themselves around another and to never let go. And no, the lake is not place where people are drowning” (Smith 7). The author is indicating how they are all as one group and none of the children are going to ever break apart or drown. This reveals how because they have freedom, they are connected as one group and do not worry about the dangers of the lake such as drowning, they are only focused on having fun with one another. This connects back to the poem Protest because in both of the poems it is describing the idea of freedom. Protest reveals how people had to fight for their freedom and their rights and the poem There is a lake here represents the idea of a large lake being open to people and letting people go and have a good time in the lake because they are free. I also believe that the poem There is a lake here shows how the lake represents a person because the author uses “of his outstreched arms” reavealing how the lake is willing to accept anyone just as a human would. The lake accepts people in to have fun without getting hurt in the lake. This shows how the lake expresses its emotions by letting people have fun. It also shows how the lake can represent a person by opening its arms and accepting anyone in. “Splashing one another while the droplets richoche between them”. This shows how the water does not harm them and they are just having fun in the lake because the lake is a fun place to be free to play and enjoy your time with all of