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I chose this poem because of the themes it had. It had themes of family and close ones, which resonated with me more than with other poems.

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In the poem, there are a few uses of figurative language. An example of personification is in the fourth line of the first stanza. It says "been so long my skin grew tired", saying that their skin is tired of waiting. An example of a metaphor is "she a quilt ginst the cold in ma blood". This compares a named person, Caroline, to a quilt which keeps him warm during the cold nights. The effect that these have on the poem is that it makes it more descriptive of what a slave has gone through, and how they coped.

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The diction used in the entirety of the poem is well used. The poem is written to sound exactly how a slave during this time period would probably speak. Other than that, phrases such as "life too hard" or "torn spots in ma soul" show the pain and suffering slaves went through.

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The tone of this poem is matter-of-fact, yet optimistic at the same time. The narrator of the poem has accepted their current conditions, but only because they have their family and friends at his side. This poem is also didactic because as it teaches the reader about how slaves did not want to be freed because of their ties with their people, not realizing that they were slaves in the process.

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Nothing is more important than who you are and where you come from.

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The purpose of the poem is to shed light on the slaves that did not want to leave the plantations. In the beginning of the poem, it quotes Harriet Tubman. She says "I would have freed thousands mo, if dey had known dey were slaves." This shows that many slaves did not want to abandon their families and friends on the plantations, which caused them to stay.

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What is the situation and what is the setting in time and place?

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What is the situation and what is the setting in time and place?

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The situation is that a slave is surprised that Harriet Tubman came back for them. However, they do not want to leave as they have people around them to keep them company. This poem happens during times of slavery in America.

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I would have freed thousands mo,
If dey had known dey were slaves.
Harriet

herd on da wind you come back fo me

didn’t think you come back fo me

didn’t think you come back at all

been so long my skin grew tired

dis life too hard to know all alone

caroline cover me jus fine

she a quilt ginst the cold in ma blood

she mend de torn spots in ma soul

aint got no mind ta leev dis place

go on moses   find yo promise lan

mines is here beside dis fire

wid folks we knows from when we’s born

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50870/faithless

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Who is the speaker? What kind of person are they?

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Who is the speaker? What kind of person are they?

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The person in this poem is a slave in America during times of slavery. They are a gloomy person who has accepted that he is a slave. However, it is not because he has given in but because he has his people around him to keep him company.

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The speaker is not talking to the audience. Instead, the speaker is talking to Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who went back to rescue more slaves after reaching Canada. They speak to her about how she came back for them, but that they do not want to leave.