Capitalized In America Poem Analysis

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Throughout the poem there are certain words capitalized, that show that the poem is in the government’s point of view. Some words in the poem that are capitalized are “Social Psychology, Producers Research, High-Grade Living, Instalment Plan and Eugenist”. All of those words that are capitalized have something to do with the government. The word Eugenist is the word that kind of tells us all that it’s in the government’s point of view. A Eugenist is a person that manipulates society to “better” the population. Which is what the government is trying to do, they want people to do what they want so they don’t have any problems. Also the words Producers Research and High-Grade Living are not actually things, but are used in the poem to help people

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