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To This Day Poem Analysis

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In the poem, “To This Day” the author Shane Koyczan goes into detail about bullying and the effects of bullying, it also describes how you can overcome bullying. For example, when Koyczan talks about building a cast around your heart, he’s saying that you might be hurt, but you can overcome that pain, you begin learning that you are worth it and that “..they were wrong”. Everybody was wrong, Koyczan is trying to get his point across that it doesn’t matter what people say. Furthermore, Koyczan talks about how “..despite everyone who told you to quit..” he wants us to know that we have to keep fighting even if they tell us to stop, because we can fight for what we believe in. Therefore, “..we kept trying,” he wants us to realize that you don’t
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