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From: Nancy A. Anderson <anderson>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 18:07:19 -0400
Sometimes words are spoken, perhaps not intentionally as a poem, but the beautiful language is poetic. I believe the most beautiful and powerful poetic speech is that of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., given in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963 to an interracial crowd of more than 250,000 people. Scholastic's edition of this speech, titled I Have a Dream
(1997), is illustrated by 15 artists who have won the Coretta Scott King Award or Honor. Throughout his speech, King conveys strong imagery with his use of metaphors and figures of speech.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted,
every hill and mountain shall be made low,
the rough places shall be made plain,
and the crooked places will be made straight,
and the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation
into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. (p. 29)
Nancy A. Anderson, EdD University of South Florida anderson at coedu.usf.edu http://typhoon.coedu.usf.edu/~anderson/
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. Horace B. Smedley
Received on Sat 15 Apr 2000 05:07:19 PM CDT
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 18:07:19 -0400
Sometimes words are spoken, perhaps not intentionally as a poem, but the beautiful language is poetic. I believe the most beautiful and powerful poetic speech is that of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., given in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963 to an interracial crowd of more than 250,000 people. Scholastic's edition of this speech, titled I Have a Dream
(1997), is illustrated by 15 artists who have won the Coretta Scott King Award or Honor. Throughout his speech, King conveys strong imagery with his use of metaphors and figures of speech.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted,
every hill and mountain shall be made low,
the rough places shall be made plain,
and the crooked places will be made straight,
and the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation
into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. (p. 29)
Nancy A. Anderson, EdD University of South Florida anderson at coedu.usf.edu http://typhoon.coedu.usf.edu/~anderson/
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. Horace B. Smedley
Received on Sat 15 Apr 2000 05:07:19 PM CDT