And where is that band who so vauntingly swore, The third ... the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. Clague: This whole stanza was ...

The comparison of the lift's journey with a journey of a soul to heaven serves as a reminder of the inevitability of death. A simple journey takes on a more symbolic significance as the visitor ...

Nov. 7): The NAACP wants the Star Spangled Banner removed as our National Anthem because the author was a slave owner and the third stanza of the poem that is the basis for the Anthem is “racist”.

This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original Star-Spangled Banner that inspired the ... The poem had four stanzas, although today many Americans only know the first.

In the third stanza the speaker focuses on himself and the effect this situation is having on him. The repetition of I will not feel is testament to the speaker’s determination not to allow his ...