I don’t know a lot of this author, but something I understood from this poem is that he loves America, as well as he loves himself. It really is a long poem, and I had to re-read it because I didn't get too much the first time. I think he believes America is freedom, democracy, happiness, sort of everything. I did some research about the poem and I found something that I think it is important to the background of the poem. From this poem, people can get some beautiful phrases that can apply to our real life. I think poetry and the meaning of a poem really depend from the person who is reading it, everybody can give a different interpretation of a poem and it is alright to do
