https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas Analysis of poem en-us 2018-01-03 20:40:05 UTC 2018-01-03 20:55:46 UTC hello@padlet.com clpresson18 https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218640318 repetition of "let" is speaker willing America to become America again, willing for the change to happen and wishing for it to an unknown person/thing]]> 2018-01-03 20:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218640318 clpresson18 https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218640489 "America never was America to me." said by person interjecting, or speaker's own thoughts, thoughts or words of someone who has never experienced what they believed America was to be i.e. freedom]]> 2018-01-03 20:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218640489 clpresson18 https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218640659 "kings" "tyrants" speakers believes people in power are depriving others of opportunities]]> 2018-01-03 20:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218640659 clpresson18 https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218640716 THEME: hopes vs. realities of America; what one experiences as a minority who is looked down upon]]> 2018-01-03 20:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218640716 clpresson18 https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218640792 "no false patriotic wealth" no everyone experiences that freedom that America was founded on and the speaker believes that should be expressed and shared with the world]]> 2018-01-03 20:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218640792 clpresson18 https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218640948 "same old stupid plan" America is no different than the tyrannical countries immigrants escaped from, they aren't being given the freedoms that they expected and revered ]]> 2018-01-03 20:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218640948 clpresson18 https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218641120 "I am" repetition makes poem more personal to all different groups of people who experienced the same lack of freedom and liberty]]> 2018-01-03 20:50:07 UTC https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218641120 clpresson18 https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218641287 "I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream" people who originally came to America came for the same reason people were coming when the poem was written, for a better life and to escape persecution. Americans who are actually free are hypocritical and in a sense mistreating themselves]]> 2018-01-03 20:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218641287 clpresson18 https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218641478 "Who said the free? Not me?" America is coined as the "land of the free", but only a small group actually experiences it]]> 2018-01-03 20:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218641478 clpresson18 https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218641630 "all" repetition shows how hard these minority groups have tried to gain the freedom they expect and deserve]]> 2018-01-03 20:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218641630 clpresson18 https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218641742 use of "me" makes the poem personal for the speaker and even the author, drawing the reader in and feeling for the lack of freedom they've experienced]]> 2018-01-03 20:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218641742 clpresson18 https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218641883 "And yet I swear this oath- America will be!" tone is optimistic and empowering at the end of the poem, almost like a call to action for the groups being mistreated]]> 2018-01-03 20:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218641883 clpresson18 https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218642124 https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/let-america-be-america-again]]> 2018-01-03 20:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/clpresson18/678nrcxjmnas/wish/218642124