The poem “I Am Offering this Poem” by Jimmy Santiago Baca reflects the poet’s love for his beloved for whom he has dedicated the poem.
The line “no longer cares if you live or die” best contrasts with the poet’s feeling of love. He wants his love to be a shelter and covering upon her beloved even if anyone isn’t concerned about her. He wrote the poem and dedicated to his beloved so that she would never feel an emptiness in her life even in his absence.
Rhetoric is language that is intended to have a convincing or inspiring
effect on people, but is often lack a earnestness
or expressive content. Classically something rhetoric has figures of speech or
other composition techniques. I think one of the techniques used in this
passage is when he said he hears sees and feels Harlem, when he means he comprehends.
I feel this has a solemn tone of writing
I also concur that Franklin Delano Roosevelt stated this. He made this comment to congress and was wanting congress to support his program that would supposedly assist our friend Great Britain in fighting against Hitler and his regime without directly involving American troops. This comment was made during World War 2.
Hopefully this helps.