Read these lines from the poem. Describe the historical event the poem is referring to. What connections can you make to this part of the poem?

These lines describe the loss of the identity of the city though the loss of the empire state buildings.

Explanation:

The world trade center ad the twin towers of the empire state building had been the center and the symbol of US commerce for a long time and were a reminder of its financial power.

They were attacked and torn down and thus the poem concerns with the twin towers.

The poem talks from the perspective of a bird in the sky or perhaps anything in the skyline that misses the grandeur of the two buildings talking about the loss of what was unthinkable to lose.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)