I chose to interpret the poem entitled, "Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall. The reason this poem is a ballad is because if you chose to sing it, it sounds like a song. It has rhyme casually included and has repeated lines which like in a song a chorus is repeated. The event described in this poem is the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963.
The poem describes a young black girl who wants to participate in a freedom march. The freedom march is a demonstration of how blacks want to be treated equally with everyone else in the world. They want to share all of the same privileges and advantages whites have and that is why the march symbolizes freedom which blacks desired to achieve. For this reason, they are marching together as one to achieve this long awaited goal. .
The little girl asks her mother numerous times to allow her to attend the freedom march and each time her mother responds by saying, "NO". She doesn't want her baby to get hurt by guns being fired off by those who are protesting the freedom march. The individuals that arrest protestors can be white police officers who strongly disagree with those who are protesting in the freedom march. She says, "No, baby, no, you may not go/, For the dogs are fierce and wild/, And clubs and hoses, guns and jail/ Aren't good for a little child."(lines, 5-8) The line, No, baby, no, you may not go, (line, 5) which is used twice in this poem is an example of alliteration. The line, For the dogs are fierce and wild (line, 6) is a metaphor, the author actually is saying that those who protest the freedom march are fierce and wild individuals who are out to physically hurt those who are participants of the march. .
The mother tells her child to go to church instead and sing in the children's choir for church is a much safer place for children. She is relieved to know that her child is in a much safer and sacred place. The imagery of fear and terror of a mother's loss is portrayed when the mother's smile disappears from her face when she hears a sudden explosion.
Write an evaluation of Haig's leadership on the Somme, indicating to what extent you feel criticism of his leadership is justified. Sir Douglas Haig has received severe criticism for his leadership of the British army in the battle of Somme. Haig himself did not doubt his capacity to lead, and...
The Film was made to make people feel sorry for Derek Bentley by making us think he's the victim. ... I felt sorry for him because he didn't deserve a death sentence and that the coppers just wanted to blame someone. ... This makes us feel sorry because it isn't his fault he has the illness. ... This makes us feel sorry for him again and that it isn't his fault. ... The next scene is in the army recruitment where it makes us feel sorrier for him. ...
However it is guaranteed that if a person is truly sorry for his wrong, God will forgive him. ... I believe that God forgives the people who have rebelled against them all their lives because he would want them to change their ways if they were sorry for their actions that they have committed. ... I think God merciful, that he might forgive Osama Bin Laden for his evil deeds he had planned for us, but only if he feels sorry for what he did and will do good, not evil anymore. ...
However it is guaranteed that if a person is truly sorry for his wrong, God will forgive him. ... I believe that God forgives the people who have rebelled against them all their lives because he would want them to change their ways if they were sorry for their actions that they have committed. ... I think God merciful, that he might forgive Osama Bin Laden for his evil deeds he had planned for us, but only if he feels sorry for what he did and will do good, not evil anymore. ...
The question is whether or not the speaker is genuinely sorry for her actions. ... Many readers would use the speaker's word choice as a reason to believe that she is not sorry for having her abortions. ... This aids the claim that the speaker is not really sorry because she does not even believe what she did is wrong. ... I believe that she truly is sorry for her past abortions. ... Her tone of voice and word usage are big clues to show that she is sorry. ...
In Act 3, Scene 3, he appears to be sorry for his actions, to be repenting to the gods at first. ... King Claudius recognizes that he is condemned for what he has done, but thinking about it again realizes he isn't really sorry about it. ... Usually the person who commits the crime isn't sorry about doing it until he is caught and forced to repent his actions to be forgiven. ... If he were in front of a crowd and that accusation were brought forward and proven, then Claudius would have repented with all his might, but deep down he wasn't sorry about it. ...
