Go Down Moses
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Explication Of Poem
Situation:
The poem does tell a story it tells how the slaves in Israel where enslaved and the leader, Moses, was going to stand up to the pharaoh and tell him let his people go. The poem expresses determination and sorrow. The poem is told through fictional persona. The speaker is speaking to Moses.
Tone:
The poet has a warmth and passionate tone toward being freed from slavery. The words he uses and the repetition lets the reader know of the passion in the readers tone
Structure
Form:
The length of the poem is not very long but yet longs enough for the speaker to get his point across without being too redundant. The poet chooses that form because it was simple and typical for that time period. The poem depicts a picture in your head letting you know that all the slaves depend on Moses and the journey he must take to ask for their freedom. The poem develops chronologically and circles back to where it begins.
Syntax:
The poem has 20 lines and is all simple and is in the typical American Sentence structure.
Punctuation:
There is a period after every stanza. It does not always agree with the sentence structure, the title means Moses go to Egypt, it greatly relates to the poem, because the speaker wants him to ask for their freedom.
Language:
Diction:
The writer uses simple words and yes I know what all the words mean. The writer uses words such as oppressed and helps the reader to understand what it is they feel and is going through.
Allusion:
The poem relates to things that are religious and historical, far as biblical slave and slaves in the United States that uses the poem as code.
Imagery:
It allows the reader to envision the journey Moses has to take an how they beg him to go to Egypt.
Musical Device:
There is no rhyme scheme.
The poem enforces the history I already know about biblical slavery and what happened in US slavery.
Situation:
The poem does tell a story it tells how the slaves in Israel where enslaved and the leader, Moses, was going to stand up to the pharaoh and tell him let his people go. The poem expresses determination and sorrow. The poem is told through fictional persona. The speaker is speaking to Moses.
Tone:
The poet has a warmth and passionate tone toward being freed from slavery. The words he uses and the repetition lets the reader know of the passion in the readers tone
Structure
Form:
The length of the poem is not very long but yet longs enough for the speaker to get his point across without being too redundant. The poet chooses that form because it was simple and typical for that time period. The poem depicts a picture in your head letting you know that all the slaves depend on Moses and the journey he must take to ask for their freedom. The poem develops chronologically and circles back to where it begins.
Syntax:
The poem has 20 lines and is all simple and is in the typical American Sentence structure.
Punctuation:
There is a period after every stanza. It does not always agree with the sentence structure, the title means Moses go to Egypt, it greatly relates to the poem, because the speaker wants him to ask for their freedom.
Language:
Diction:
The writer uses simple words and yes I know what all the words mean. The writer uses words such as oppressed and helps the reader to understand what it is they feel and is going through.
Allusion:
The poem relates to things that are religious and historical, far as biblical slave and slaves in the United States that uses the poem as code.
Imagery:
It allows the reader to envision the journey Moses has to take an how they beg him to go to Egypt.
Musical Device:
There is no rhyme scheme.
The poem enforces the history I already know about biblical slavery and what happened in US slavery.