It is this line: "<span>Fellow-citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, to-day, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them."
Douglass admits that the Independence Day is an important date when a great thing happened for all Americans. But he thinks it is inappropriate to celebrate a nationwide holiday when there are millions of members of this nation who are not free and able to celebrate. This festivity makes those people feel even worse.</span>
Answer:
I believe that it's a hiaku a japanese poem that are usually about nature. Haiku's have 3 lines with syllables 5,7,5 for each line. The first line boiling, hot lava has 5 syllables, Second line bubbles beneath the Earth's crust has 7syllables, and finally the third line shhhh! The giant stirs has 5 syllables.
Explanation:
Old Man old man with brown skin talking of past when being shephard in utah, nevada, colorado and new mexico was life lived freely; old man, grandfather, wise with time running rivulets on face, deep, rich furrows, each one a legacy, deep, rich memories of life . . . "you are...
B. Because if a speaker spoke quickly listeners might have a hard time listening to what they are saying.
