In New York the slow and low, heavy and hard school of rap found its champions in Run DMC and the emergent Def Jam Vabel whose use of heavy metal guitars has opened up yet another field of electro-funk. Amongst the usual egotistical
subject matter of most raps people like Brother D and the Collective Effort, Captain Rapp and the Kold Krew have tried to
educate people politically with respectively, 'How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise', 'Bad Times (I Can't Stand It)
and 'Don't Let 'Em Drop The Bomb'.
Discuss the persuasive message in the passage above

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.