Personally I believe that object of praise in this poem is love. Ms. Alexander references events of the past that have gotten us to where we are as a group today, such as “who laid the train tracks, raised the bridges” and so on. I feel these references of the past are meant to be loved. To love those who came before us and to love the opportunity we have been given to make the future bright. The poem does not need to describe in depthly this love, because this poem is an occasional poem. The poem is not meant for any one moment, but rather a mulititude of moments of happiness and joy. These moments are often times special occasions such as a graduation or a wedding, in this case it was the inauguration. Ms. Alexander in her interview with Stephen Colbert mentioned gradutations, promotions, any joyous occasion.
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