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An Analysis Of Sympathy 'Poem'

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“Sympathy” what i think about it and how it is relevant to the world today is about slavery and the people are hurt from it and the person sees the slave suffering but does not doing anything to help the slave the person just watches it get hurt and is tired and the slave has scars on its body and that's how it is relevant to the world because that's what happens now in the world and what i think about it is that it's sad and it isn't right for a person should be treated like that and that the slaves should not live like that Thoughts on “i know why the caged bird sings” and how it relates to the world right now is that the bird is scared and is asking for help by singing and the bird is scared because someone is watching it and the bird

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