We+Are+More

= 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. =

"We Are More," as a poem means to me that Canada is more than stereotypes and has not yet been realized to our full potential, or our cultural and ideal diversity.

My favourite metaphor in the poem is "We are the 'what' in 'what's new'" because it does not compare us to being the 'new' but instead we are the 'what' which defines the 'new', and if you put us with the 'new' then we can become one whole complete saying.

The impact changes with reading instead of hearing the poem in that when you read it you only understand it how your mind interprets it, but when it is read to you you develop a sense of how it is meant to feel along with how the reader reads it. The third verse " And some say what defines us is something as simple as 'please' and 'thank you' and as for 'you're welcome,' well, we say that, too." changes the meaning and how I interpreted it when I read it compared to when I heard it read aloud.

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