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What I think about the poem:

- I think that this is a very realistic, "eye-opening", and sad. Its realistic because it shares one of the biggest problems in America's history: Slavery. It sheds light on how some minorities such as African Americans and Blacks didn't get the same freedoms as others. Its very "eye-opening" because the poem tells nothing but the truth and only the truth of how it was during the time of slavery; really painting a picture of how bad it was back then-not sugarcoating anything. Its sad for the same reasons as well; slavery and the discrimination that occurred back then.

Why did I chose it:

- There are a multitude of reasons why I chose this poem, but for the most part I chose this very poem because I felt that could really analyze this thoroughly, its understandable, and it had a good length to it: not to long but not terribly short (also for the sheer fact that it was one of the first poems I looked at). I had seen a lot of literary elements that could be analyzed in this poem so it made it the perfect one for this project. It is very easy to digest and comprehend, making it easy for me and anyone else who reads it; meaning less confusion on what the author or speaker is trying to get across. With it also having a decent length, no one would get relatively bored or lose focus when reading this poem. So those are the reasons why I chose this poem.

Why I like it:

- I like this poem because its truthful and it has a decent length to it. The poem doesn't make up anything about the content within it, only telling the truth. Too long and too short pieces of literature can be difficult to understand and analyze fully so with this poem's decent length; it makes a great piece of work to analyze. That's why I like this poem.

How does it make me feel and think(or challenge)?:

-This poem makes me feel pity and empathy because its referencing Black/African American people and slaves. These people underwent great injustice and terrible mistreatment so there is lots of pity and empathy when reading this. There is a bit of hope stemming from this poem as well because Fredrick Douglass (another main reference to this time) spoke about freedom and justice to others; making him a heroic figure to others. I think, after reading, that people shouldn't live like these people did back then and that people shouldn't mistreat or degrade others. That's what I think and feel after reading this.

What do I hope others get from this:

- I hope others get the lesson that mistreating and degrading others is very wrong, not to give up in the mist of terrible moments like these times, and to lift each other up (we are better together rather than split up). Reading this poem will allow you to really feel the struggle that these people went through and how the power of others can lift each other up.

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1. The speaker of the poem seems to be someone of minority during the time; most likely a slave or Black/African American person.
2. The speaker is either speaking to themselves (his/her's own thoughts) or the speaker is speaking to others (most likely others like them (Blacks/African Americans).
3. Based on the poem, this was taking place well before freedom of slaves/Blacks/African Americans (and other minorities suffering at the time). So, probably around the later times of slavery-maybe even before or at the beginning of the civil rights movement back then.
4. The purpose of this poem is to show a few things; how great people can inspire others by doing good and live on through the generations just by their good will/actions and how bad it was during the times of slavery
5. The central idea is the following: Fredrick Douglass was an inspiration and light through a dark time in American history for Black and African American people suffering.
7. The tone of this poem is very didactic, forthright, and reverent. The didactic tone is achieved by being formal and talking about truthful events that have happened in history. This is also shown through the lack of baseness shown. The forthright tone is achieved by the poem directly telling about the central ideas of it and not having any "fluff" in between. The reverent tone is achieved by talking about Fredrick Douglass with great honor and respect.

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When it is finally ours, this freedom, this liberty, this beautiful

and terrible thing, needful to man as air,

usable as earth; when it belongs at last to all,

when it is truly instinct, brain matter, diastole, systole,

reflex action; when it is finally won; when it is more

than the gaudy mumbo jumbo of politicians:

this man, this Douglass, this former slave, this Negro

beaten to his knees, exiled, visioning a world

where none is lonely, none hunted, alien,

this man, superb in love and logic, this man

shall be remembered. Oh, not with statues’ rhetoric,

not with legends and poems and wreaths of bronze alone,

but with the lives grown out of his life, the lives

fleshing his dream of the beautiful, needful thing.