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Ella Wheeler's Protest Poem

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“Protest” was written in 1914 by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, she was an activist and also a teacher of the occult. I decided to write on this poem because it speaks a lot on today's issue, doesn’t necessarily address them but although talks about how many people really feel today. Ella Wheeler was born in Johnstown, Wisconsin in 1850. She was a very popular writer who was characterized mainly by her upbeat and optimistic poetry. Ella wheeler began to write poetry at a very young age and had grown up on a farm with three other siblings and was a very known poet by the time she had graduated high school. Then later on her and her family had moved to Madison, Wisconsin. In 1884 she married Robert Wilcox from Meriden, Connecticut, where they lived until …show more content…

This actually makes me question our country and the government on why they aren’t providing more for the people of this land instead creating hate within the nation, creating boundaries against many cultures. Wheeler describes “Had no voice been raised Against injustice, ignorance, and lust…” meaning that if no one had spoken up for what was right, things wouldn’t have changed. Protesting for what you believe, can make actually make difference and other will follow. This sort of reminds me of the saying where the smallest flea can drive the big dog crazy. Then Wheeler explains “Therefore I do protest against the boast Of independence in this mighty land” the way I interpret this, is that she against the injustice system that we have, because we aren’t really free from the government. Inspiring other to follow this and speak their minds, to speak out on how they actually feel instead of just keeping quiet. Also mentioning “The lawlessness of wealth-protecting laws”, referring to the state of disorder due to disregard of the law, by saying that there are many loophole laws that protect the wealth because of the ignorance of the wealthy, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This system has way too many flaws and we fail to approach these deceptions in our society. People are afraid to speak up, believing that they will lose everything they have going

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