Hartland by: Joe Blades

1. Hartlandby: Joe Blades By Clayton & Darren

2. Thematic Statement eagle circling abovelongest covered bridgeyellow tour bus          Yankees crossing on foot          through clapboard darkness          overrun tourist bureau                    parents and I                    wait on eastern shore                    cameras in hand                              union jack  Canadian                              new Brunswick flags limp                              windless hot air                                        honor in the grass                                        wing feather from raptor                                        circling overhead This poem is about a family trip to Hartland, Newfoundland to go see the largest covered bridge in the world . with several stops in between to see a battle site and to take photos of the Canadian flag

3. Line by line translation He’s describing the town of Hartland eagle circling abovelongest covered bridgeyellow tour bus          Yankees crossing on foot          through clapboard darkness          overrun tourist bureauparents and I                    wait on eastern shore                    cameras in handunion jack  Canadian                              new Brunswick flags limp                              windless hot air      honor in the grass                                        wing feather from raptor                                        circling overhead He's Describing what all the American tourists are doing Him and the rest of his family are trying to take a good picture of the bridge Looking at the Canadian flag as it waves in the air He's looking at the all the graves from the soldiers that fought there ears ago while birds fly over head

4. Poetic Devises This is imagery because the poet is creating an concrete image eagle circling abovelongest covered bridgeyellow tour bus          Yankees crossing on footthrough clapboard darkness          overrun tourist bureau                    parents and I                    wait on eastern shore                    cameras in hand                              union jack  Canadian  new Brunswick flags limpwindless hot airhonor in the grass                                        wing feather from raptor                                        circling overhead This is a metaphor describing the soldier moving form light into darkness The poet is using personification to describe how lifeless the new Brunswick flag is The poet is using an oxymoron to describe the tension before the battle This is a metaphor because its comparing honor and grass which are two unlike thing s

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