“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” “Go Down, Moses,” “Keep Your Hand on the Plow”

All three of these poems were repetitive, but my favorite by far out of all of them was "Go Down, Moses."  I liked this one because my grade school spent a lot of time talking about the stories of Moses and his life story and it was all so interesting.  With the help of God, Moses marched the Israelite's out of Egypt and into the promised land.  Even though the job was extremely tough, Moses persevered and followed God.  He also had to have a lot of courage which I respect in him.  He brought plagues upon the Egyptians because Pharaoh wouldn't let God's people go (The Holy Bible...).  Moses' life was just so interesting and it is exciting to read about.  I enjoy learning new things every time someone teaches on him.

In the poems, I felt that they all had an earthly connection which as I made clear in my previous blog, was exactly how Thoreau operated.  In "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" it talks about a man being swept up in a chariot and taken to heaven.  To me, it cant get much earthlier than that since God was the one who created the earth and if someone is able to leave earth to go to heaven without dying, that is impressive and earthly.  Coincidentally, both poems that I have talked about can be related to a Bible character or hero.  This poems story can be related to the Bible figure Elijah and how God sent a flaming chariot to take Elijah and bring him to heaven  There were other miscellaneous accounts that I can think of that God used a chariot as either a symbol or a tool in the Bible.  The Bible contains so many entertaining and exciting stories that never get old or boring, which is why I am constantly bringing it up in this blog.  I could go on and on for paragraphs about different stories but I feel that I have already gotten off of the topic enough.  I liked all of the poems and found them all readable even though they repeated themselves a lot.

"Go Down, Moses." Comp. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Ph.D. and Douglas Fisher, Ph.D. Glencoe Literature. American Literature ed. Columbus: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2009. 347. Print.

The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New, Etc. Cambridge: ] Printed by Tho: Buck, and Roger Daniel; London: to Be Sold by Roger Daniel, 1638. Print.

"Keep Your Hands on the Plow." Comp. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Ph.D. and Douglas Fisher, Ph.D. Glencoe Literature. American Literature ed. Columbus: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2009. 348. Print.

"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." Comp. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Ph.D. and Douglas Fisher, Ph.D. Glencoe Literature. American Literature ed. Columbus: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2009. 6. Print.