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//       //own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance."  //      =     ~John Keats     = =    = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =    = = = = = = = =<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">__Original Poems__:   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">  = =**<span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: rgb(40,28,166); FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Waiting for Summer **=

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<span style="COLOR: rgb(29,4,174)">//<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Everybody is waiting for the cheer! //
==<span style="COLOR: rgb(29,4,174)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">//Way too much left to do,// <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">//Exams, especially, make us blue.// <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">//Study hard and get the grade,// ==

<span style="COLOR: rgb(29,4,174)">//<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Make sure all projects are made. //
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<span style="COLOR: rgb(29,4,174)">//<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Hope there is nothing left to teach. //
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<span style="COLOR: rgb(29,4,174)">//<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">And even spending time with our kin. //
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<span style="COLOR: rgb(29,4,174)">//<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Make them count, don't make amends! //
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<span style="COLOR: rgb(29,4,174)">//<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Oh! won't that be fine! //
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=<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">   = = **<span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: rgb(88,5,168); FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Untitled **=

<span style="COLOR: rgb(117,11,203)">// Waiting for the pain to end. //
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<span style="COLOR: rgb(117,11,203)">// Deep within my head. //
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<span style="COLOR: rgb(117,11,203)">// On very thin ice. //
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<span style="COLOR: rgb(117,11,203)">// Summer will be mine. //
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= = = = =<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">**__Poem from Syllabus__:**   = ===<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">~William Shakespeare     ===
 * =<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif">**<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span class="wiki_link_ext"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">[|The Seven Ages of Man] <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">     **  =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">All the world’s a stage,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">And all the men and women merely players:  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">They have their exits and their entrances;  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">And one man in his time plays many parts,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">His acts being seven ages. At firs the infant,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms. //  =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">And shining morning face, creeping like snail  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Sighing the like furnace, with a woeful ballad  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Seeking the bubble reputation  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">In fair round belly with good capon lined,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Full of wise saws and modern instances;  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">His youthful hose well saved, a world too wide  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Turning again toward childish treble, pipes  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">That ends this strange eventful history,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">In second childishness, and mere oblivion,  //   =

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> //<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. //  =

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<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">  <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> =<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">__Analysis of Syllabus Poem__:   =

<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">  **Analysis by: sbasile23**

=<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"> = <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii In the “Seven Ages of Man,” William Shakespeare is describing how a man grows up. He starts with an analogy. Shakespeare is comparing life to a play, or “the stage,” he goes on to say that all humans, men and women, are the actors, or the “players”. The metaphor continues and explains that every person is, or acts like, many characters during their lifetime.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii The first character played is an infant. The infant is not self-sufficient, and he relies on his nurse. The infant grows into a schoolboy. The schoolboy is shown as unwilling and difficult to deal with, because he does not want to go to school. The schoolboy is described with a simile, “creeping like a snail,” this simile means that the boy is being difficult by moving slowly to try and avoid going to school. The schoolboy begins to become a man when he is called a lover. Again, a simile describes him “sighing like a furnace,” or showing his love in such a way that he gets bashful and sighs loudly to try to remove his bashfulness. The lover also writes ballads to try woe and honor his mistress. The lover turns into a true man when he becomes a soldier. The soldier is true to his fellow men and his country and has a “beard like the pard.” This simile means that the soldier has a beard that is just as long as a leopard or panther. The soldier is in need of the highest honors, ready to fight at any second, and seeks the perfect reputation even when he is fighting. Next, the soldier becomes a justice, with a large stomach that is still growing because he eats a lot. His face is starting to look older with the addition of a formal beard and intense eyes. The justice is full of wisdom and advice with modern examples. In the sixth stage, the justice has become a formal man with elegant clothes who wishes that he still had his childhood. The older man is loosing his manly voice, and becoming more child-like. Finally, the man loses his senses and is in an almost second infant stage, he relies on others to take care of him.

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<span style="COLOR: rgb(25,163,50)"> //To where it bent in the undergrowth.//
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<span style="COLOR: rgb(25,163,50)"> //Had worn them really about the same.//
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<span style="COLOR: rgb(25,163,50)"> //I doubted if I should ever come back.//
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<span style="COLOR: rgb(25,163,50)"> //And that has made all the difference.//


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<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii Robert Frost’s poem, //The Road Not Taken//, has been interpreted to mean many different things. Frost said that his inspiration for this poem was the walks through the woods that he took with his friend Edward Thomas. While walking through the English woods close to London, Frost and Thomas would frequently have to choose which road to take. Frost claims that after choosing one path, Thomas would always worry about what would have happened had they taken the other trail, as well as if they had chosen the correct road.
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<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii The poem is comprised of four stanzas with five lines in each stanza. The first stanza describes the situation presented to the traveler. It says that “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” This shows that the traveler came to a fork in the road while traveling through “yellow” woods. The adjective yellow can mean many different things. Yellow could be describing the color of the trees, and this would indicate that it was autumn. Yellow can be interpreted to describe the woods as being warm, cheerful, and happy. Then it goes on to describe how the traveler understood that they “could not travel both”, and that the traveler analyzed one road as best he could.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii The next stanza says that the traveler decided to take the other road. It goes on to describe the traveler’s reasoning as “it was grassy and wanted wear.” Wanting wear is personification because a road is an inanimate object that clearly cannot want anything. This indicates that the traveler’s first impression of the road is that it was not taken as frequently as the other, but it continues to say that as he traveled it and thought about it, he realized that it was almost the same as the other road, by saying “worn them really about the same.”

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii The third stanza continues to describe and compare the different paths. It describes how the leaves on both “no step had trodden black”, meaning that the leaves had recently fallen and had not yet been walked on. This observation supports the interpretation that “yellow woods”, in the first stanza, is referring to the time of year being autumn, rather than the feeling of the woods. It goes on to describe how the traveler would like to come back and travel the first road, but that he understands that life goes on and that the chances of him coming back were slim.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii The fourth and final stanza is where the traveler reflects, years later, on the decision he made in the woods. The first line says, “I shall be telling this with a sigh,” the word sigh can be interpreted many different ways. It could be a negative sigh, such as a sigh of regret that he did not take the other road. The word sigh could also be a positive sigh, such as a nostalgic sigh as he thinks in retrospect of his decision. As the stanza goes on the traveler says, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --/ I took the one less traveled by.” In saying this, the traveler describes how he feels he chose the road that was chosen less than the other. This is a contradiction to the line earlier in the poem when he said, “Had worn them really about the same”. This could mean that after thinking and looking back on his decision he realized that he had actually chosen the “road less traveled by”. The last line of the stanza, “And that has made all the difference” can be interpreted in two very different ways. The interpretation of the last line is very important in understanding how the word “sigh” in the first line should be interpreted. The last line could be interpreted in a positive manner to mean that taking the second road has mad a positive difference in his life. This interpretation would mean that the word “sigh” was supposed to be a nostalgic sigh. This line could also be interpreted to mean that the traveler chose the wrong road and that, that decision has made a negative difference in his life. With this interpretation, one would also have to interpret the word sigh to be a negative sigh, one of regret.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii Robert Frost’s //The Road Not Taken// employs the superb use of visual imagery in the first three stanzas to describe the situation, and exactly what was going through the traveler’s mind as he was making the decision. The rhyme scheme for each stanza is ABAAB. This rhyme scheme gives the poem a set flow that makes it sound melodious to the reader. The //Road Not Taken// is also written in tetrameter, meaning that there are four feet per line.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii The description of the two roads is an extended metaphor for choices presented to a person throughout their lifetime. It shows that no matter how long a person thinks about the different choices and weights all the possible outcomes, they can never be sure what the outcome will be, no will they know what would have happened had they taken the other path. The last stanza sums it all up by saying that every choice makes a difference in the path of one’s life. Since the last stanza can be interpreted as being negative or positive, with no clear indication as to which was the intended interpretation, it shows that when looking back on different decisions, one will eventually realize whether choices made were correct or not. Often though, it is impossible to ever truly know whether a different choice would have been better, because one does not know the possible outcome of something not done.

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media type="custom" key="793017" = [|The Star Spangled Banner] = <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> ===<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">~Francis Scott Key, 1814      === ===<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">     === <span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?//       == <span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)">

==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">       ==

==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream://       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//'Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!//       == <span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)">

==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">       ==

==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//And where is that band who so vauntingly swore//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//A home and a country should leave us no more?//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//No refuge could save the hireling and slave//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave://       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.//       == <span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)">

==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">       ==

==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//O thus be it ever when free-men shall stand//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation;//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//And this be our motto: “In God is our trust!”//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave//       == ==<span style="COLOR: rgb(216,19,19)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,22,22)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(75,134,210)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!//       == <span class="wiki_link_ext">



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 * Background Information by: ep101486**

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii Although Francis Scott Key originally wrote //The Star-Spangled Banner// in 1814 as a poem, it is most well known as a song. The War of 1812 was the inspiration for Francis Scott Key to write the Star-Spangled Banner. The War of 1812 began on June 8, 1812, when the United States declared war on Great Britain. The United States was upset with Britain for forcing American soldiers to join the British military. As the war progressed, the well-prepared British were very successful in battles, both on land and naval. On September 13, 1814, the British army attacked American Fort McHenry. Fort McHenry was located in Baltimore Harbor, and the British hoped to take control of this fort as a stepping-stone for eventual victory. There was a hard fought battle for both sides and, after fighting for nearly two days the British retreated, resulting in the United States successfully defending Fort McHenry. This success was an important milestone in the War of 1812. During the night of September 13, 1814, Francis Scott Key watched the battle while on a ship located nearly eight miles away from the fort. The sight of the fighting in the distance, as well as the explosive sounds were quite moving to Francis Scott Key. On the night of September 16, Key revised the poem he had written about the tremendous victory he had just witnessed. The poem was eventually published under the name “The Defense of Fort McHenry”. There were orders for it to be sung to the tune of “Anacreon in Heaven” when it was published. The song was first sung on October 19, 1814, in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Holiday Street Theater. Shortly thereafter, the song was published with music, and it had received the name “The Star-Spangled Banner”.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii After its publication and recognition as a song, //The Star-Spangled Banner// became a very beloved song. During the Civil War era, the song became particularly important because it was an excellent way for citizens to express their patriotism. The military officially recognized the importance of the song in the 1890s when it used //The Star-Spangled Banner// during ceremonies. In 1917, the navy and military deemed it as the “national anthem”. Herbert Hoover was president, on March 3, 1931, when congress voted to have //The Star-Spangled Banner// become the national anthem for the United States of America. //The Star-Spangled Banner// continues to be a symbol of patriotism and victory for the American people. Many Americans are greatly touched by the National Anthem. //The Star-Spangled Banner// will live on in the hearts of Americans for generations to come.


 * Analysis by: sbasile23**

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii The song begins with Key describing the flag he saw when he woke up the morning following the fight. He was amazed that the flag was still waving, and how intact it was after the fight. The flag is symbolic of the country throughout the whole song. In these lines, the flag, like the country, is still intact after the battle ended. Key explains how the flag survives the flying rockets and crashing bombs. Again, the flag symbolizes the country by showing that both could last through anything. Key was inspired and believed that the United States could survive any attack, just as the flag did. Key goes on describing the flag as a waving star-spangled banner, an accurate description, that lays over the country. Key describes United States' citizens as free and willing to die for their country.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii In the second stanza, Key tells how he saw the flag after the battle through the mist which hung over the ocean. He was able to see the British foes lose and the flag over the tall barricade. Key describes how the flag flies by saying that it hides and reveals fitfully, almost as though it is in a struggle for survival. As the sun rises, the flag was reflected in the stream, and gained strength in the morning light. May the flag wave forever, Key implies before he uses repetition and describes the American people as free and willing to die for their country.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii In the third stanza, Key describes the animosity of the British when they swore that the war would leave the Americans without homes or a country. Key goes on to tell how the British blood made their footsteps forgettable because every slave and paid worker fought the British even though they were filled with the fear of fighting and possible death. Key explains how the flag waves in triumph and again he describes the citizens of the United States as free, brave and ultimately triumphant.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">iiiii In the final stanza, Key says that the Americans are free people who will protect their homes from the atrocities of war. He tells how in victory and in peace the American people live in a saved land and praise the higher being that made and preserved the nation. Key says that the nation's people will do anything to defend their nation. Key finishes the song by repeating that the American people are free and are willing to die for their nation. Key uses the rhyme scheme of ABABCCCC in every stanza and internal rhymes to enhance his song.<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,246,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">

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 * Parody by: ep101486**

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Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!
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There go all of our fears!
|| <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> ~ep101486 “All the World’s a Stage by William Shakespeare.” __PoemHunter.com__. 31 May 2008. 31 May 2008 <[|http://www.poemhunter.com/‌poem/‌all-the-world-s-a-stage/>.]
 * [[image:over_the_river_and_through_the_woods.jpg link="http://www.operationlettertosanta.com/Kid%20Zone/Childrens%20Carols/Over_the_hill_and_through_the_woods.htm"]] || [[image:new_york_city.jpg link="http://www.teslasociety.com/plaquewreath.htm"]] ||
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