It describes all types of people and their jobs, like carpenters, masons, and woodcutters. This poem is also patriotic, because it is celebrating American workers and their success. Langston Hughes poem, Let America be America, again was not optimistic. He writes the poem from a point of view as one being left out of the American dream. The theme is that America has let a lot of people down and it has not lived up to their dreams.…
Though the Southern belle tried her best to do her finest with what she had, there was a tremendous amount of struggle in her everyday life. The Southern culture was strongly based on a patriarchal society, in which white men were mainly in charge. This entire foundation of their hierarchy was founded of class, race, and gender. Women were only considered to be above the slave class. The ongoing war called many well-abled men to the battlefields leaving a multitude of women in charge of running large a plantation in desperate times.…
There are in total two poems in Slant Six I used as models to write this poem. The first one is “Someone asks, what makes this poem American?’ and it inspires me to find connections among daily things. Specifically, Erin draws the conclusion that “American is anywhere” at the first time by discussing about where the “normal” American food comes from and different customs behind these American food and how American society contributes to the combination of different cultures. Once Erin draw the conclusion that Americanness is everywhere, she works on verifying her conclusion by both describing a normal American mini-marts, Bill’s, and using examples to convince people have opposite ideas.…
She begins with saying “Thought may the minds of men divide, Love makes the heart of nations one,” which can be translated to even though the people of our nation may think differently, they are still united as one through love. Julia is talking about the how the Civil war divides America into two sides, and they were united in the end. Robert E. Lee is involved in this process as he fought in one of the most important turning points in American history. “And so, the soldier grave beside, We honor thee, Virginia's son.” As a conclusion to the poem, Julia says that the nation honors Robert E. Lee by laying him in his grave rest in…
The author’s use of diction in “America the Beautiful” creates a tone of beauty and power. Poet Katharine Lee Bates’ word choices, in the very first stanza, include, “for purple mountain majesties” describing the vast mountain ranges impressively encircling every inch of the visible horizon. She also uses the second stanza to relate how important freedom is, “O beautiful for pilgrim feet, | Whose stern impassion’d stress | A thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wilderness!” In the last stanza, on the first line“O Beautiful for patriot dream | that sees beyond the years” show how the author could see the bright future that awaited…
Daisy Lee Gatson Bates was a mentor to the Little Rock Nine, the African-American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock in 1957. She and the Little Rock Nine gained national and international recognition for their courage and persistence during the desegregation of Central High when Governor Orval Faubus ordered members of the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the entry of black students. She and her husband, Lucious Christopher (L. C.) Bates, published the Arkansas State Press, a newspaper dealing primarily with civil rights and other issues in the black community. The identity of Daisy Gatson’s birth parents has not been conclusively established. Before the age of seven, she was taken in as a foster child by Susie Smith and Orlee Smith, a mill worker, in Huttig (Union County), three miles from the Louisiana border.…
A political activist named Emma Goldman produced a speech in 1908 called “Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty” within it she analyzes what patriotism actually means. Inside the speech an important quote in which she alludes to America becoming the most powerful nation in the world, and eventually planting her iron foot on the necks of all other nations (Voices of A People’s History pg. 271 ). In the essay to follow I will analyze, and explain the meaning behind this. I will also take a deeper look at if what she believed transformed onto our world today. Emma Goldman who was born in 1869 in Lithuania, and at a young age learned of many injustices taking place in the world.…
Robert Hayden’s poem, “Frederick Douglass,” describes and praises Frederick Douglass’ profound impact on the lives of others in regards to freedom. However, the speaker doesn’t present the idea of freedom as one-sided; he properly defines freedom through juxtaposition by acknowledging both the good and the bad aspects associated with it. The speaker also presents the idea the that people can inspire others’ greatness through allusions and idea shifts. This poem is not a typical poem.…
The poem talks about the long darker past that the country has faced and looked forward into the prosperity of people of United States. The poem also has many historical events and messages that Angelou want to spread to the world to become who you are and to love themselves and nature equally. The poem was delivered to spread the message of learning from the past history of the country and to move forward into bright future. In the other document, President Barack Obama victory speech describes the Americanism as every people in the country regardless of their race, color, religion and political standing to be equal.…
The poem “America” shows the black struggle struggle and how tough it is to be brought up in it. It talks about about standing up, even though life in it is scary and…
The article "Iraq Anniversary: How Poetry Played a Part in the War in Iraq" is an article is about the war in Iraq and the impact which was brought about by poetry. The poems in this articles display different features of style,this author mentions John, a platoon commander, who narrates the journey of poetry in war through his contribution and also the contribution of others. After war John acquires a masters in poetry and becomes a pioneer of war poetry through consulting his friends on war poetry. This article also clearly describes the events: inspired by poetry, which contributed to the ending of the war in Iraq.…
America the Beautiful There is only one solitary factor that makes us all Americans; that is what makes it so beautiful! We all rise from diverse cultures, have individual customs, and have particular standards. The belief that all American’s have the freedom to be whoever we want to be, to accomplish whatever we want to take on, and to believe in the American Dream in its simplest form, is what links us together. Having Faith in this idea, and being able to put our past behind us, is what it means to be an American.…
The speaker of this poem, most-likely a middle-aged immigrant and a mother, demonstrates that coming to America was both a rewarding journey as well as a struggle with her own personal identity and belonging through contrasting her thankfulness and her remorse. At first, the poem starts off with one line, “because it has no pure products”…
“I hear America singing” is all about pride for your country while “Let America be America again” is about how some people never got the rights that all Americans were promised. “America never was America to me” Hughes says in “Let America be America again”. What he means by that statement is about how he isn’t experiencing all the great things everyone else is saying about America. Hughes poem explains how freedom was hidden from people. “And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?” says Hughes in a disappointed tone.…
He is optimistic about this because “America never was America to me, / And yet I swear this oath— / America will be” (77-79). In both of the poem, he is confident that America will eventually become a country that give equal opportunities to everyone in this country. There will be no discrimination and inequality in this place. Both poems show his strong confidence and optimistic…