I think Philip Freneau did a great job in his attempt to create American Epic material for America’s own culture in his poem “To the Memory of the Brave Americans”. One pattern found in Freneau’s poem is his ability to connect the story to different historical people and events. He refers to the British as “Britons” in lines 22 and 27, the name given to the first people to live in Britain, although the British mentioned in this poem about aren’t the original Britons. Freneau also compares the British’s retreating strategy to what the Parthians did in Persia. Just like the Parthians used to do, the British were able to kill many Americans while they were retreating. Also in this poem, Freneau repeatedly thanks all of the Americans who perished
