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__Egyptian Revolution __
By: Merna Ibrahim

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This is a poem called, Egyptian Revolution, by Merna Ibrahim. This poem is about the Egyptian Revolution. It talks about how the people felt they were unfairly treated and Mubarak was all controlling and totally unjust. It relates because it is about the whole revolution and basically told the revolution in poem form. I feel that the speaker of the poem is a narrator, or the people. The tone comes across as strongly defiant and slightly frustrated. Some of the literary features in this poem are rhymes, so there is rhyme scheme, and in the poem, the writers say that the “Flower of freedom to wilt” is a mental image, which is imagery. There is also a plot within the poem because it tells the story of the revolution. Two of the lines that I feel stood out the most were the lines “You made the flower of freedom wilt. So, anger, misery, and dissatisfaction were built.” I liked this part because the narrator or people who are speaking in the poem attack Mubarak and blame him from the lack of freedom. I felt that in this line, “The monster of corruption was massive and bad”, has an interesting choice of words. Using “monster” to describe corruption was accurate, yet an unusual word to you. There are many emotions within this poem, sorrow, rage, despair, strength. I feel that the strongest emotion in this poem is “Determination”.