(on the emigration to america and peopling the western country)

freneau’s poem guides the reader through a journey. where does the journey begin? where does the journey take the reader? provide evidence from the text to support your response.

The readers are taken on the journey with the speaker in, "On the emigration to America and peopling the Western Country" to the "untamed and virgin soil" of America from the land of Europe "Where kings and priests enchain the mind."

Explanation:

"On the Emigration to America and Peopling the Western Country" is a poem written by Philip Freneau, first published in 1785.

The poem is of narrative form. The speaker is talking about his "emigration to America". In his poem, Freneau, takes his reader to a journey beginning from,

"From Europe's proud, despotic shores

Hither the stranger takes his way,"  

The speaker talks about the beauty of nature of the United States and says that he will move from Europe's land, where slaves are insulted by the "crown"

"Where no proud despot holds him down,

No slaves insult him with a crown."

to the land of America where nature reigns, meaning that there is no interference of the "crown" in the "new found world" but the only rule is of the nature in this land.

"And in our new found world explores

A happier soil, a milder sway,"

The poem tells us of the cruelty in Europe by the crown and the freedom that's in America.

d

explanation:

i have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

i do not think they will sing to me