'Change In Ghazal: America The Beautiful'

In the poem Ghazal: America the Beautiful by Alicia O. Striker thee author talks about the change in America. Alicia’s idea/theme that America has changed is best communicated through their use of symbolism, repetition, and personification.
Throughout the poem the author uses repetition, personification, and symbolism to convey the idea that America has changed. Alicia uses the Pledge of Allegiance to symbolize the old/past America. By using the Pledge of Allegiance to symbolize the old/past America the author could note a change in the Pledge of Allegiance to symbolize a change in America.
He talks about America even more when they state “somehow or other still carried away by America.” The author uses the repetition of America at the