HARTLAND BY: JOE BLADES By Clayton & Darren

THEMATIC STATEMENT eagle circling above longest covered bridge yellow tour bus Yankees crossing on foot through clapboard darkness overrun tourist bureau parents and I wait on eastern shore cameras in hand union jack Canadian new Brunswick flags limp windless hot air honor in the grass wing feather from raptor circling overhead This poem is about a family trip to Hartland, Newfoundland to go see the largest covered bridge in the world. with several stops in between to see a battle site and to take photos of the Canadian flag

eagle circling above longest covered bridge yellow tour bus Yankees crossing on foot through clapboard darkness overrun tourist bureau parents and I wait on eastern shore cameras in hand union jack Canadian new Brunswick flags limp windless hot air honor in the grass wing feather from raptor circling overhead He’s describing the town of Hartland He's Describing what all the American tourists are doing Him and the rest of his family are trying to take a good picture of the bridge Looking at the Canadian flag as it waves in the air He's looking at the all the graves from the soldiers that fought there ears ago while birds fly over head Line by line translation

POETIC DEVISES eagle circling above longest covered bridge yellow tour bus Yankees crossing on foot through clapboard darkness overrun tourist bureau parents and I wait on eastern shore cameras in hand union jack Canadian new Brunswick flags limp windless hot air honor in the grass wing feather from raptor circling overhead This is imagery because the poet is creating an concrete image This is a metaphor because its comparing honor and grass which are two unlike thing s This is a metaphor describing the soldier moving form light into darkness The poet is using personification to describe how lifeless the new Brunswick flag is The poet is using an oxymoron to describe the tension before the battle

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