The School Among the Ruins by Adrienne Rich

School is hope for a better live, yet war always overshadowing our lives. The word ruin describes rigorous negative side effect war on our children.

Analyze the SYMBOLIC ACTION (what’s happening to the symbol(s) and why is it important? What further message is this conveying)?.

Hell (universal) is symbol of war and violence.Ĭat (literary) is could be symbol of other generation and people. Heaven (universal) is symbol of education and prosperity. War (universal) is symbol of darkness, violence, destroying and hell. School (universal) is symbol of knowledge, brightness, peace and improvement. Identify what objects are symbols – what type of symbols do they represent (universal, conventional, or literary).The boldest tones are sadness, fear, sorrows, hopeless and depressing. Make a figurative interpretation of the poem (Tone and Imagery).She believes that war destroyers the lives of ordinary people. The author is somehow against greater power and advocate for children to have normal live. “When lived in rooms from the upper city tumble cratering lower streets,” the author explains that American school children have the same worries as the children of Beirut, Baghdad, Sarajevo, Bethlehem and Kabul. At the first the author explains the situation of children at the above-mentioned places, and compares them with the American school children. The author demonstrates that violence creates violence. What is the RHETORICAL SITUATION (the topic or bigger idea/Conversation that this poem is dealing with) ? And what’s the poem about and what’s happening in the poem?.The author of this poem really loved school and education. The audiences are Beirut, Baghdad, Sarajevo, Bethlehem, Kabul, America and people. The speaker are Adrienne Rich and could be any warm-hearted person in this world to think about children and their future. Who is the SPEAKER and INTENDED AUDIENCE of the poem?.

The School Among the Ruins by Adrienne Rich