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I NEED HELP ASAP...i really need to find any figures of speech in this poem so immediate help is needed....its due tomarrow...ahh..please help.. :(



I Know He Goes to War



I can't tell you of ever finding God in church and I can't remember

feeling He was near me when I went there.



I do remember seeing a lot of friendly smiling faces and people dressed in all their nice clothes.

Somehow, I always felt uneasy - too mnay people, too close.



No, I don't remember seeing God in church but I hear his name there constantly.

Some ask, "Have you been born again? If so, when?" And I don't understand!



I did feel God in Vietnam- almost every day.



I felt Him when, after an all - night fire fight. He sent the sun to chase the rain away;

and the rain would return with majesty the very next day.



He was there when I collected Sergeant Moore's body parts to put in a body bag.

He was there when I wrote a letter to his widow explaining how he died.



He was behind me when I heard Sergeant Sink's last dying gasp.

He helped me carry Sergeant Swnason down a hill in the An Loe Valley,



I caught a glimpse of God when I felt the heat of napalm called on our position, May 27,1967.

I felt Him around me when the chaplain would hold field services for our dead.



I saw His reflection in the faces of my men when I told them to save one bullet for themselves

as we were about to be overrun one hot steamy day in 'Nam far away.



He led me in the Lord's Prayer on every air assault as we stood on the skids coming in at a treetop level.

When we set up our night ambushes and I couldn't see my own hands because of the darkness,

I would feel His hands.



He sent loneliness to guarantee the fond memories that always appear later in life.



I'll always remember the strength God gave to the orphans - the children of war.

He made them strong, but they didn't understand.

I know after 25 years, we sleep under the same star.



He sent boys to war. They returned young men; their lives forever changed,

proud to protect the land of the free.



I don't know if God goes to church,

but I know He goes to war.


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when u say he sent the sun to chase the rain away wouldnt that be a figure of speech? cuz the sun hides the rain or somthyig like that? idk thats tough sry. i thought i would give it a try! :blink:
~God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. psalm 46:1-2

~God created people in his own image; God patterned them after himself Genesis 1:27

~Stop judging others, and u will not be judged. Stop criticizing others, or it will all come back on u. Luke 6:37

~There are "friends" who destroy eachother but a real freind sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24

~A fool is quick tempered but a wise person stays calm when insulted. Proverbs 12:16

~The tounge is a small thing but what enormous damage it can do. James 3:5

~Even if my father and mother abandon me the Lord will hold me close. Psalm 27:10

~Get rid of all bitterness...instead be kind to eachother Ephesians 4:31-32

God bless

Love in christ--chelsea
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"Born again" - figure of speech because no-one is actually born AGAIN.



"sent the sun to chase the rain away" - the sun doesn't literally chase the rain, therefore another figure of speech.



"saw His reflection in the faces of my men " - faces are not mirrors, therefore you cannot actually see someones reflection. This also makes it a figure of speech.



"I would feel His hands. " you cannot FEEL God, nor his hands. So this too is a figure of speech.



Thats all I can spot I'm afraid!
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So isn't it too late now?
To feel the wind tearing at my clothes, the elements.

The only truth left in a world of lies and hypocrisy.

The beauty of the abyss.

The anticipation, like anticipating the greatest sex, an existential foreplay.

Looking down into oblivion and voidness.

The ground far, far away as it seems from here, but in reality only a couple of seconds away.

Standing there.

Feeling eternity in a restricted world.

Feeling a decision in a prefabricated existence.
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yeah...nevermind about this anymore cuz i already found like..7 in it...and btw..for the presentation i did that included this poem..i got...142/130 pts...which is good...thanks for trying to help..


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