We+are+More

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**Assignment: Describe what the poem means to you. Discuss the use of metaphor to create analogies in the mind of the listener. How does the impact of this poem change when you hear it as apposed to reading it? Use specific examples from the text. ** ======

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**Penticton's Shane Koyczan, 34, woke up Friday a big fish in a small pond: a Canadian celebrity on the slam poetry scene. But by the time he went to bed (at 6 a.m.), he was something of an international sensation. ** ======

For me, this poem is very relatable. Shane begins by talking about the steriotipical outdoorsy and hockey loving canadians. My family is not into hockey, but we are however very interested in nature and we often go camping. My dad also hunts with my dog a few times per year. Therefore this poem means a lot to me. The literal part of the poem is not actually the powerful or moving portion to me, though it may often be true. It is when Shane begins to explain that we are more than fishing and hiking, how our values and beliefs are now more important than anyone could have imagined, he talks about our potential in the future as a country and as people.

" We are young, we are cultures strung together then woven into a tapestry And the design is what makes us more than the sum totals of our history"

"We dream so big that there are those Who would call our ambition an industry Because we are vineyards of good year after good year We reforest what we clear"

====The real message behind this poem is our traits and practices as a country, like ambition and preservation will take us very far, but our traits as people lie kindness and ideas will, and have taken us even farther.====

Explain the metaphors...answer the entire question. 4.5/6