It's lonely up here without my big twin brothers, the World Trade Center Towers.

—“Empire State Building,”
J. Patrick Lewis

Read these lines from the poem. Describe the historical event the poem is referring to. What connections can you make to this part of the poem?

These lines describe the loss of the identity of the city though the loss of the empire state buildings.

Explanation:

The world trade center ad the twin towers of the empire state building had been the center and the symbol of US commerce for a long time and were a reminder of its financial power.

They were attacked and torn down and thus the poem concerns with the twin towers.

The poem talks from the perspective of a bird in the sky or perhaps anything in the skyline that misses the grandeur of the two buildings talking about the loss of what was unthinkable to lose.

in 32-page handwritten address, washington urged americans to avoid excessive political party spirit and geographical distinctions, in foreign affairs he warned against long-term alliances with other nations. the address was printed in philladelphia's american daily advertiser on september 19, 1796