America Yusef Komunyakaa By Ginsberg

War: Fighting a Never Ending Battle War has a way of changing the mentality of many soldiers. Whether you are at war for your country or at war in society, sometimes it may seem like your fighting a never ending battle. In Allen Ginsberg’s poem “America” and in Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem “Facing It”, they talk about war and what they were facing at that moment in time. Ginsberg and Yusef both have different attitudes about war and their country. These poets share many similarities in their poems, but yet they also have many differences as well In Allen Ginsberg’s poem “America”, he tells readers how much hate he has towards America. He starts his poem off by setting an enervated mood for the poem and addresses America by saying, “America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing” (Line1). At the beginning Ginsberg expresses how worthless he is and because of how everything is going in America, he can never be in the right state of mind. He then changed the mood to being angry, when he starts asking questions about the war. …Throughout the poem Ginsberg rambles about America abandoning its values and it not being what it promised to be. The author criticizes America when he asks, “When will you be worthy of your million

Ginsberg was not qualified for war but Komunyakaa was. Ginsberg’s poem is directed to America and Komunyakaa’s poem is directed to his memory of being at war. According to Ginsberg’s poem “America”, he is an angry writer that wanted people to hear him out. He did not care if others had anything negative to say about what he had to say just as long as they listened. Komunyakaa on the other hand, was a man that wanted to be strong when facing his reality. In Konunyakaa’s poem “Facing It”, he seemed like a sad person who couldn’t help but think about the people who died in war. It seems as if he was living with some sort of sorrow, for surviving the