The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Meaning

Gordon lightfoot´s song The Wreck of the edmund fitzgerald has a heartfelt meaning. The meaning being the wreck was tragic but we shall move on. His song is about the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking and its story.

with a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more Than the Edmund fitzgerald weighed empty That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed When the gales of november came early The ship was the pride of the american side Coming back from some mill in wisconsin As the big freighters go , it was bigger than most With a crew and good captain well seasoned(1.1-8)

In this stanza Gordon Lightfoot explains the ship as it was in its glory. The first two stanzas are about how big and strong the ship was and tell that the ship could carry a lot.

In the first two stanzas they talk about what some people are doing after they realize what dangers are happening. In the next two stanzas they talk about what starts to happen as damage sets in. in the next two stanzas they talk about the events after the damage. In the last two stanzas they talk about the last thing people would have seen before the sinking came.

Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald with the message talking about how the ship sank. The point of the first paragraph is to explain the ship in all its glory. The point of the second paragraph is to explain how the ship starts to sink. The point of the third paragraph is to explain the last moments on the ship before it sank. The Edmond Fitzgerald was a remarkable ship but sadly it sank due to the harsh weather on Lake