We+Are+More

The poem is describing Canada as a whole but some of the lines also apply to me. I'd like to think I'm polite most of the time, I say "Zed" instead of "Zee", and I go to Chinatown as I am Chinese. I feel like the poem is describing who I am as well.

The poem uses a lot of metaphors that create amalogies in my head. The line "We are young, we are cultures strung together the woven into a tapestry and the design is what akes us more than the sum totals of our history." gives me an image of a quilt that everyone has contributed too, each patch depicting someone's culture. __"Spdon't__ let you luggage define your travels. Each life unravels differently and experiences are what make up the colours of our tapestry." is a metaphor for for not letting any "baggage" from your past hold you back from you future. Your past and experinces is what gives diversity and "colour" to our country.

Hearing the poem being read by the author means that you hear it the way the author wants it to be heard. He raises his voice, slows down and speeds up, and pauses in certain places to emphasize what he wants to be emphasized. Just reading the poem I wouldn't have any of that. Although I don't usually retain as much when something is being orally presented so if I didn't have a chance to read the poem too I probably would have forgotten most of the poem.

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