We+Are+More

= **Describe what the poem means to you. Discuss the use of metaphor to create analogies in the mind of the listener. How does the impact of this poem change when you hear it as apposed to reading it? Use specific examples from the text.** =

It changes a bit from when you read it from when you hear it because I think it has a bigger impact if you hear it because you would understand it easier. This poem gives you a sense of great patriotic pride and really makes you love Canada. The metaphors the poem has, you won't understand unless you've lived in Canada or learned about some things about Canada. such as this line "We are the true North, Strong and free" you wouldn't know it's referring unless you know the national anthem.

There is much more to this peom than what you have included in this analysis. 8/12

1."Define Canada

You might say the home of the Rocket

Or The Great One

Who inspired little No. 9s and little No. 99s

2. But we're more than just hockey and fishing lines

Off of the rocky coast of the Maritimes

3. And some say what defines us

Is something as simple as 'please' and 'thank you'

And as for 'you're welcome,' well, we say that, too

4. But we are more than genteel or civilized

5. We are an idea in the process of being realized

6. We are young, we are cultures strung together then woven into a tapestry

And the design is what makes us more than the sum totals of our history

7. We are an experiment going right for a change

With influences that range from A to Zed

And yes, we say 'Zed' instead of 'Zee'

8. We are the brightness of Chinatown and the laughter of Little Italy

9. We dream so big that there are those

Who would call our ambition an industry

Because we are vineyards of good year after good year

We reforest what we clear

10. Because we believe in generations beyond our own

Knowing now that so many of us

Have grown past what we used to be

We can stand here today

Filled with all the hope people have

When they say things like 'someday'

11.Because we are more

Than a laundry list of things to do and places to see

12. More than hills to ski

Or countryside ponds to skate

13. We are the abandoned hesitation of all those who can't wait

14. We are first-rate greasy spoon diners and healthy living cafes

15. A country that is all the ways you choose to live

A nation that can give you variety

Because we are choices

We are millions upon millions of voices

Shouting, keep exploring

We are more

16. We are the surprise the world has in store for you, it's true

Canada is the 'what' in 'what's new'

17. So don't let your luggage define your travels

Each life unravels differently

And experiences are what make up

The colours of our tapestry

18. We are the true North

Strong and free

19. And what's more

Is that we didn't just say it

We made it be"