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Although the Gettysburg Address was written more than 150 years ago, the speech still is relevant in today's society. While the nation is not divided, like when Lincoln delivered his speech, it still resonates with the average American today. Lincoln’s speech serves as a reminder of the ideals in which the United States was founded on such as unity, equality and democracy. His speech reminds society to strive for these ideals beyond just in race, but also in the fundamental rights and freedoms…

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The reason I chose to go four-and-a-half months after the Union had the victory is because I heard that Edward Everett was going to speak. Even though I went to see Edward Everett speak, I found President Lincoln’s Gettysburg address made much more of an impact on the people of the Union. Although Edward Everett’s two hour long speech was a great speech, it nowhere near made as much of an impact as Lincoln’s 272 word speech. At first when I arrived at the Battle Field…

The Gettysburg Address is without one doubt one of the most famous and best inspiring speech in American history. The Gettysburg Address is a short speech at around 300 words, but was and is known as a famous speech spoken by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. However, at the time, it was viewed as an important, uplifting, motivational speech by the Americans as part of a ceremony dedicating the Gettysburg Battlefield as an honor Cemetery to those who…

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Taylor In Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, he is addressing the country, it’s people, and it’s soldiers that were fighting in the Civil War at the time. Within his speech, Lincoln has included some anaphoras, specifically towards the end when he states “...that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”. This is an anaphora as he is repeating the phrase “the people” three times in the same sentence. He is using this technique to persuade his…

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,…

In 1831, at the age of twelve, Walt Whitman began working for his local newspaper. He soon fell in love with the written word and started writing his own poetry (“Poet Walt Whitman”). Fast forward to the turn of the 20th century, and Whitman has already made a name for himself as one of America’s most influential poets. Two of Whitman’s most esteemed works are “O Captain! My Captain!”, written in 1865 to reflect on Abraham Lincoln's death, and “O Me! O Life!”, written in 1891 to contemplate…

Throughout history, human civilizations have been built on conforming to social norms. Likewise, there have always been individuals, throughout history, who have ventured outside of those norms, many times to the dismay or even apathy of their respectively societies. E.E. Cummings’ “anyone lived in a pretty how town,” is perfect example of how individualism is viewed in a conformist society, as well as sheds light on the poet’s own views of conformity. Although conforming to social norms is how…

Know a man in the early 1900’s known for his poems written with incorrect spelling and punctuation? Then you would be thinking about E. E. Cummings! E. E. Cummings was birthed upon the world as Edward Estlin Cummings in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1894. He developed a unique style of writing at an early age, being influenced by both Impressionism and Cubism, and grew up to study at Harvard University. The poet would become a famous writer, but while he was alive, his work was mostly left…

How do we determine if love changes someone or not? In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and in “anyone live in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings, the authors use motifs, imagery, and symbolism to show how love can shape an individual change. Throughout the novel Gatsby has changed for Daisy because he is in love with her and in the poem the speaker anyone changed because noone showed him love . In the novel, Fitzgerald uses symbolism to represent a deeper meaning. Some…