inaugural poem response

• What do you think the title "Praise Song for the Day" means? Why is this significant to the poem?
• I think the title "praise song for the day" means that it's like a song praise for the people who have died (Americans). It's significant to the poem because for example Elizabeth Alexander uses a lot the word praise and also she uses things that we do daily like having a teacher say "Take out a pencil."
  
• How did the poem make you feel?
• the poem made me feel proud because is good to hear a poem to the country.
  
• Were there any words or phrases you especially liked? Why do you think the poet chose these words or phrases for the inaugural poem? The word or phrase i liked was "Some live by love thy neighbor as thyself,"
• What poetic devices do you notice (for example: alliteration, 3 Rs, metaphor, simile, etc.)?
  
• How does this poem relate to Obama's life and the inauguration? What is the theme or lesson?
• Does the poem remind you of anything in your own life?