Although Abraham Lincoln needs to honor the lives lost, his true purpose is to unite the people of the United States; therefore, he creates a path to a unity through ideas of equality in a fractured nation.
Together, in harmony, one-to prove that these terms can be true of America Lincoln needs a powerful statement. This statement presents itself in the form of a tricolon, which Lincoln uses to unite the nation under a common theme, “that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” (Lincoln n.pag.). The repetition of the words “the people” create a common ground, much like the one Lincoln hopes to create in his fracture nation. “The people” has no exclusion, it’s not the rich people or the poor …show more content…
While contrasting what the troops fought for and what the audience is responsible for Lincoln repeats a phrase at the end of successive sentence: “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here”(Lincoln n.pag.). The juxtaposition impacts the tone of the speech by switching from praising the founding fathers and their past actions, to inspiring soldiers to fight for what the founding fathers had created. The epistrophe provides the smooth transition for the juxtaposition to effectively transition the tone. The juxtaposition emphasises how insignificant what they say will become, and in turn, the epistrophe compares this insignificance to the importance of the actions that will be taken, while also providing a smooth transition from his focus on unity to inspiring his soldiers in the war for unity. This is the turning point of the speech from building up America and its founding fathers to using said build up to rally his soldiers to restore unity to the not so United …show more content…
In the middle of his speech Lincoln repeats we at the beginning of multiple sentences describing what must be done: “We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field... we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground”(Lincoln n.pag.). The repetition of “we” places emphasis on the word to form a relationship between Lincoln and the people and between the people and the Union as a whole. It creates a tone of unity rather than focusing on divisive issues. The audience is reminded that the issues of the union. Lincoln never uses personal pronouns for the same reason as these words threaten to disintegrate unity. Furthermore, the emphasis on “we” and latter listing of goals of the people to “not dedicate” and “not consecrate” simultaneously aligns the group together while giving each individual a sense of worth. After All the president himself is including himself with each member of the audience. The belief that they all equally responsible for the problems and solutions of the union encourages listeners to unify through this equality. This unity is desperately needed at the height of the civil war and a fractured nation in both
Together, in harmony, one-to prove that these terms can be true of America Lincoln needs a powerful statement. This statement presents itself in the form of a tricolon, which Lincoln uses to unite the nation under a common theme, “that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” (Lincoln n.pag.). The repetition of the words “the people” create a common ground, much like the one Lincoln hopes to create in his fracture nation. “The people” has no exclusion, it’s not the rich people or the poor …show more content…
While contrasting what the troops fought for and what the audience is responsible for Lincoln repeats a phrase at the end of successive sentence: “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here”(Lincoln n.pag.). The juxtaposition impacts the tone of the speech by switching from praising the founding fathers and their past actions, to inspiring soldiers to fight for what the founding fathers had created. The epistrophe provides the smooth transition for the juxtaposition to effectively transition the tone. The juxtaposition emphasises how insignificant what they say will become, and in turn, the epistrophe compares this insignificance to the importance of the actions that will be taken, while also providing a smooth transition from his focus on unity to inspiring his soldiers in the war for unity. This is the turning point of the speech from building up America and its founding fathers to using said build up to rally his soldiers to restore unity to the not so United …show more content…
In the middle of his speech Lincoln repeats we at the beginning of multiple sentences describing what must be done: “We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field... we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground”(Lincoln n.pag.). The repetition of “we” places emphasis on the word to form a relationship between Lincoln and the people and between the people and the Union as a whole. It creates a tone of unity rather than focusing on divisive issues. The audience is reminded that the issues of the union. Lincoln never uses personal pronouns for the same reason as these words threaten to disintegrate unity. Furthermore, the emphasis on “we” and latter listing of goals of the people to “not dedicate” and “not consecrate” simultaneously aligns the group together while giving each individual a sense of worth. After All the president himself is including himself with each member of the audience. The belief that they all equally responsible for the problems and solutions of the union encourages listeners to unify through this equality. This unity is desperately needed at the height of the civil war and a fractured nation in both