Explication Of The Poem 'K CAR Killed'

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In the given poem, there are many people or “characters” described. For example, the fourth stanza of the poem reads, “SAM. L GRAY, SAM. L MAVERICK, JAM. S CALDWELL, CRISPUS ATTUCKS & PAT. K CARR Killed” This is a list of the colonists killed on site during the Boston Massacre. The poem also reads, “Unhappy BOSTON! see thy Sons deplore…” This describes the setting of the events described in the poem, Boston, and gives more detail about the characters by identifying them as “Sons” of sons of liberty. The poem also conveys the emotions of the author. When he writes, “If scalding drops from Rage from Anguish Wrung If speechless Sorrows lab’ ring for a Tongue…” This conveys the sadness and anger felt by the author as a result of the massacre. He

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