The Hand That Signed the Paper Felled A City
... death and destruction. This can be seen in the first stanza and throughout the rest of the poem. The main point of the poem is to educate and inform readers of the severity in which a group of people, or one person, has the power to declare war on a country, especially with the knowledge of what war brings. War brings lots of deaths, both innocent and guilty. Too many lives are lost and homes get destroyed. Children and innocent families become homeless with no one to help them. Individuals should not be able to control lives He uses symbolism to describe the people or person responsible for war as the “hand.” The use of the “hand” shows that he is talking about one person. This person is the president of a country because he is normally the one to declare war. as the antagonist in the poem. . Poems are a creative method for getting messages across. They can use symbolism, analogies, and similism. They can use sound techniques to help get their message across. Why should one person have the power to declare war on a country? No single person should play the “God” role. The poem says the “hand” has the ability to rule pity and heaven. Ruling heaven is a divine power. No human can have that power. The poet uses the “hand” as a metaphor for the president. The poem personifies the hand. They call each finger kings in the poem. The poem is expressing its opposition on war. It criticizes the fact that a single or few persons can decide to go to war. There is too much in stake for one man to decide. No one should have this power. It speaks of the destruction and death that war causes. The falling of cities, doubled the globe of dead, and halved a country. The hand in the poem is symbolic of the actual person. There is the usage of rhyme. Every other line rhymes. The is repetition in the beginning of the 1st and 3rd stanzas It talks of these people as of having great power. They refer to them as great (3rd line 3rd stanza), kings (1st line 4th stanza & 4th line 1st stanza). The...