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The Hill We Climb By Amanda Gorman Analysis

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In Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb", she employs several literary techniques to convey her message of hope and unity. These include but are not limited to anaphora, enjambment, and allusion. Anaphora is used to emphasize the importance of certain points in her poem. For example, in the lines “We will not march back to what was, but move to what shall be”, Gorman uses the repetition of the phrase “we will not” to emphasize her point. Allusion is also used to create a sense of connection between the past and the present. For example, in the lines “For while we have our eyes on the future, history has its eyes on us”, Gorman alludes to the idea that the actions of the present will have an impact on future generations. Gorman begins by
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