the hill we cvlimb Flashcards
context
delivered at inaugration of biden
aithor
amanda gorman
central idea
if everyone works together, we can shape and move towards a better future.
“where can we find light in this never-ending shade?”
aporia to present the main message of the poem and cause deliberation for the reader.
inclusive pronoun gives the idea that Gorman is addressing everyone, not one single group and relates to the idea that to achieve world peace, everyone must work together.
juxtaposition fo symbolic allusion where “light” refers to hope and “shade” refers to lack of hope or times of trouble, alluding to the political unrest, police violence and times of trouble in america prior to the delivery of the speech
created juxtaposition of ideas where “light” refers to hope and “shade” lack of hope
“let the globe… say this is true.”
synecdoche represents the world as something which can be held and the entirety of can be seen, rather than something completely out of our control, suggesting that everyone can make a change/difference to the “globe”
“victory won’t lie in the blade, but in all the bridges we’ve made.”
rhyme link lines and increase rhetoric impact
symbolism “blade” fighting sand division and “bridges” crossing societal divides.
message that only by accepting all people will be emerge “victorious”
“if only we’re brave enough to see it. if only we’re brave enough to be it.”
call to action
anaphora and isocolon structure emphasise the idea, that we can make change
low modality suggests that better future is not inevitable and all people must work towards it.
type of poem
poem of rhetoric
