What Are The Metaphors In God Bless America
Danny Errichiello
WRT-201-014
Process Essay 1
Most poems anyone reads will have imagery, symbolism, or metaphors. After reading the poems “God Bless America” by Sarah Jones (2000), “Facing West From California’s Shores” by Walt Whitman (1860), Allen Ginsberg’s “America” (1956), “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes (1938), and Wislawa Szymborska’s “The Century’s Decline” (1986) I realized that even though they all talk about America , except Szymborska, the way they say it and how they say it makes very different poems. Sarah Jones wrote “God Bless America” in 2000. The country was established and immigrants from all over the world made their lives here, they’ve had children and grandchildren here. When Allen Ginsberg wrote “America” he was angry and fed up with all of the lies the government was spreading. He felt America was being told what to think and he was the only one who didn’t fit in. Walt Whitman’s “Facing West From California’s Shores” is spoken as a person who has traveled all around the worlds looking but not finding what he desires. 1860, when this was written, was the same year the Civil War began. Perhaps the man couldn’t …show more content…
Sarah Jones’ “God Bless America” Allen Ginsberg’s “America” and Walt Whitman’s “Facing West From California’s Shores” were three poems written very differently, while Ginsberg uses a lot of imagery and symbolism whereas Jones uses facts and a pattern and
WRT-201-014
Process Essay 1
Most poems anyone reads will have imagery, symbolism, or metaphors. After reading the poems “God Bless America” by Sarah Jones (2000), “Facing West From California’s Shores” by Walt Whitman (1860), Allen Ginsberg’s “America” (1956), “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes (1938), and Wislawa Szymborska’s “The Century’s Decline” (1986) I realized that even though they all talk about America , except Szymborska, the way they say it and how they say it makes very different poems. Sarah Jones wrote “God Bless America” in 2000. The country was established and immigrants from all over the world made their lives here, they’ve had children and grandchildren here. When Allen Ginsberg wrote “America” he was angry and fed up with all of the lies the government was spreading. He felt America was being told what to think and he was the only one who didn’t fit in. Walt Whitman’s “Facing West From California’s Shores” is spoken as a person who has traveled all around the worlds looking but not finding what he desires. 1860, when this was written, was the same year the Civil War began. Perhaps the man couldn’t …show more content…
Sarah Jones’ “God Bless America” Allen Ginsberg’s “America” and Walt Whitman’s “Facing West From California’s Shores” were three poems written very differently, while Ginsberg uses a lot of imagery and symbolism whereas Jones uses facts and a pattern and