In the second stanza, a hint of the deeper subject of the poem is introduced in the lines January, and we’re/looking back/looking forward/don’t know which way. The brevity and isolation of ...

In the first two stanzas, Paterson describes his son, Jamie, drawing the universe. The opening line is a striking beginning, as it suggests that Jamie has taken on a mammoth task, but also that in ...

Leepson: You have to read the first three lines of this stanza together. I think Key’s talking about the Americans who went to the British side, who were predominantly enslaved people.