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Shawn Coyczan's To This Day

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To This Day by Shawn Coyczan a spoken word poem. This poem has many references and many examples of symbolism and the effect people have on you and how many people would choose a gun over words because words can be so much worse. One example of symbolism is whenever the child is surrounded by others and with lines pointed towards him is a big part of symbolism. The lines represent how all of his life he has been the person hate and anger have been directed to and everyone is directing everything to him and leaving him beaten and broken. Pills and knives can hurt but words have beaten this kid more than physical violence has, “One part because of the pills, and 99 parts because of the cruelty (Coyczan 4). Pills and knives and many other things
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