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I picked 3 poems in total for my theme. The three poems were "Oppression", "Declaration of Independence from Oppression", and "The American Rebellion. As I ams sure you would immediatley pick up after reading these poems there are two main types of rebellion that I used for my theme. The first and perhaps more obvious one is war and political rebellion. While the second type is physical and psychological rebellion. "The American Rebellion" falls under the fist category of war and political. This poem is the most obvious one seeing as it is about The Revolutionary War. The next poem "Oppression" is a perfect example of physical & psychological rebellion. This is because it is all about a single person being oppressed by the oppressor. Although this is physically based it also is psychologically taxing. All building up to the part where she say's "All I want to be is free". The third poem though did not fall directly under either category. The poem "Declaration of Independence from Oppression" was a poem about war but with a large physical and psychological effect. Out of all the poems "Declaration of Independence from Oppression" had the most profound effect on me personally. While I may believe that the poem "Oppression" was better written and I should probably care more for "The American Rebellion" out of patriotism. I could not help but feel more remorse for the victims described in "Declaration of Independence from Oppression" then any other. It may have been the fact that we were the oppressors. Or it may have been the fact that he was so brutally descriptive in his writing. But what I think it is, what I really truly believe it to be is how I can feel the poets passion about this subject. I feel almost like he's running up to us screaming at us. Commading us to open our eyes and notice the world around us. Mohandas Gandhi once said "You must be the change you want to see in this world.". I think that is what we are supposed to take from this poem.