Monday, October 22, 2012

My Favorite Poem

My favorite poem is America The Beautiful by Katherine Lee Bates.


"O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea!"

I liked this poem because it is about America and is very patriotic just like how I am patriotic. So I like the point of this poem and the poem is also a classic so that is why this poem is my favorite.

2 comments:

  1. I like how you incorporated patriotism as a reason why you like this poem.

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  2. I love this poem because I love how the them is America! This is one of my favorite!
    Mark Gutierrez

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