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    most suitable decision. The poemBallad of Birmingham” is a very emotional poem that conveys many of the emotions that people may have been feeling. It also helps you understand how you might feel if you were a mother or a child at the time when there was a lot of racial violence going on around you. Throughout the poem‚ it is showing the reader how determined the children were to fight for what they believed in‚ more so than the adults. In the poemBallad of Birmingham”‚ the author has chosen the

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    substantial backlash was inflicted upon many by those opposed to change. Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ a city of the south‚ became a focus for the civil rights movement and several marches and protests took place in its streets – where even children marched for equality. But when four young girls died in a church bombing by white supremacists in response to the

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    The Ballad of Birmingham and To Kill a Mockingbird are two pieces of literature that deal with similar themes. In both of these pieces of writing two innocent people died because of the wrong doing of others. Both of these events leading to the death of two innocent people were not needed and could have been avoided if violence can be stopped especially toward people that cause no harm (mockingbirds). Both To Kill a Mockingbird and Ballad of Birmingham have very important lessons to be learned and

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    Poem Analysis: “OutOut-” In the poem‚ “OutOut-“‚ author Robert Frost starts off his poem by giving an inanimate object‚ the buzzsaw‚ a sense of life. Using the literary device‚ Personification‚ the buzz saw is being written with characteristics a curious and rather playful child. The buzzsaw acts like once hears the young man’s mother call for supper time‚ that it wants to eat‚ so eats the young man’s hand. The buzzsaw takes (Cuts Off) the hand in a rather subtle demeanor‚ but in truth‚ it would

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    Symbolism in “The Ballad of Birmingham” Written in 1969‚ Dudley Randall’s poem “The Ballad of Birmingham” illustrates a mothers struggle to keep her young daughter away from harm during a civil rights rally in Birmingham. Throughout the poem‚ symbols such as a church‚ a child‚ and a shoe represent African-Americans and their fight against segregation. These symbols represent the struggle for equality during civil rights movement in the 1960s‚ and how these events changed the lives of blacks in

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    Ballad of Birmingham By: Dudley Randall For many years‚ this country has been unjust and humanity has not always been treated equally. Dudley Randall‚ who is most famous for his literary contributions‚ wrote a poem called "Ballad of Birmingham" representing the inequality and racism during the early 1960’s (Encyclopedia.com). The main themes of the poem are racism and the struggle of African Americans around the time of the civil rights movement in 1964 (Encyclopedia.com). Randall’s poem focuses

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    The poem of “Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall discusses African American girl who wants to join the march for the civil rights movement‚ but her mother insists it is too dangerous. As a alternative‚ the mother persauades her daughter to go to church for safety purpose; however‚ the white terrorists bomb the church. When the mother is desperately searching for her daughter‚ she finds only her daughter’s shoes to be remained at the shattered church.The form‚ the meaning‚ and the settling of

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    Ballad of Birmingham In the poem Ballad of Birmingham‚ by Dudley Randall‚ written in 1969‚ Mr. Randall uses of irony to describes the events of the mothers decision‚ and also her concern for the welfare of her darling little child. It seems odd that this child would even know what a freedom march is‚ but this would be considered normal back in the early 1960’s‚ when Mr. Martin Luther King Jr. had rallies and freedom marches to free the African American people from discrimination and segregation

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    Dudley Randall’s poemBallad of Birmingham” refers to the bombing of a church in Birmingham‚ Alabama in nineteen sixty-three. His poem illustrates what it was like during the sixties; all the turmoil and destruction there was. Randall takes a real life‚ devastating situation that occurred on the day of this terrible explosion‚ and turns it into a beautifully written poem that expresses just how awful it was during the Civil Rights Movement. He describes a circumstance in which a little girl asks

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    It Is Never The Boys Fault The poemOutOut---“ by Robert Frost is a narrative poem describing when a boy was doing a man’s job and sawing wood. When the boy was told it was time for dinner‚ he cut off part of his hand. This poem seems to be very shallow and to be only about this boy dying but its really more of that. This poem constantly takes the blame off of the boy for causing his death and puts it onto other people. The first time this takes place is when Frost blames the boys parents

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