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This poem depicts the poet's attempt to motivate himself when their is no hope at all, when the poet writes this poem he has already lost one of his legs. So, in such a situation of mental and physical agony, the poet tries to lift up his courage.
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Valley of Ashes symbolizes the poorest, most desolate parts of New York's towns. It represents dreary isolation from wealth and deceitful behaviors from the citizens.
because he might of commited murder!