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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Italy- John Whittier

1- Literal
The nations are complaining to each other. They are tearing themselves apart.

He wants weak people toachieve freedom. They have to fight because they are setting themselves up for death.

He turns from the sight along with thousand of other people who don't say anything. Children are the biggest hope for change.

People are scared and run from change. We need to be able to adapt like mother nature does.

God rules everything. He has a plan for us to follow. People are dumb. He knows what is good. Men should listen and follow God.

Change will happen. It will happen for the better.

2-Poetic Devices

Personification- Bones and blood are crying. Shows that it is a time of great turmoil.

Imagery- Sultry skies. It shows the sky is becoming bad and gives the image of a storm coming.

The rhyme scheme is " abaab" This is an uncommon rhyme scheme. I liked it. I have never seen this kind. It is effective because it stresses certian lines that go together and leaves out other lines that aren't importnant.

3- Figurative

The figurative meaning is that war degrades a country. They country is killing itself by being in war. They need to do something about it to get out of the war. They believe God will help them and they need to trust in him.

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