Next to of Course God America I

This poem is a speech. The speaker is rushing through his speech. It could be assumed that he is either very nervous or ignorant on what he is saying. The poem is a historical smush of America. At the beginning the speaker mentions pilgrims and at the end he mentions war. There are small reference to American lyrics and things of that nature such as the star spangled banner and "tis of thee". (which we are not really sure what the name of that song is) Also, there is an oxymoron towards the end of the poem. "These heroic happy dead". These words are extremely contradictory. Another thing that I noticed is that the speaker at the very very end seems to be making fun of the speaker who gave the speech. It is saying that people who support patriotic things but don't know what it means are ridiculous. They prove their point very well.