Look over the poem and REREAD the lines that you have chosen to analyze. Refer to the figurative language chart that is attached to the assignment in CLASSWORK to help you identify the figurative language in your focus lines. Lastly, explain the author’s message in relation to her American Experience. inside me:
from the soles
of Tierra del Fuego
to the thin waist
of Chiriqui
up the spine of the
Mississippi
through the heartland
of the Yanquis
to the great plain face of Canada—
all of us
singing America,

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.

imagery :

"facing the rising sun of our new day begun"

paints a vivid picture and emphasizes the meaning, purpose, and emotional weight of the piece

alliteration:

"sing a song full of the faith".

contributes to the musical quality

oxymoron:

"silent tears"

intensifies the emotional content of the poem

simile :

"loud as the rolling sea"

conveys a sense of widespread rejoicing

explanation:

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