Why are all of the things in the title not capitalized that normally are? What does the very last line mean for the text? Is there more than one speaker? Why does the speaker use all of the well known works like my country tis of the? Is it full of mockery or honor?
Personal response to the text:
I feel very perplexed by this poem. The fact that it begins in quotation marks makes me believe that this is a person presenting these ideas and adding in side comments because some of the text is very out of character for the person in quotations. I feel like the person being talked about is a lover of America. The first line even said besides god I love America the most. Then it adds in very common songs and to convey the pride of a solider. However I feel like the second author is coming into the work in line 7 when the word gorry is added instead of glory. The word gorry begins the idea that the second speaker is not supportive of the war. This can also be seen in the line that says the happy dead rushed like lions. This is not only a similar but it is an oxymoron. The dead are not happy or really the happy are not dead. This makes me believe that the second author is poking fun at the soldiers patroitism and service.
Overall response to the text:
Over all I feel like the two speakers are meant to be in stark contrast to each other. I feel like this might be called juxtaposition. Also there were many aspects of the poem to erasure this notion.
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