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This poem is specifically about the death of a soldier and the notification of that death to his family. This is the reality of war.
The word anthem has a few different meanings, the one that seems to be the most pertinent to this poem is: an unusually rousing popular song that typifies or is identified with a particular subculture, movement, or point of view.
Soldiers of WWI would definitely identify with this poem; no one else (i.e. civilians) could understand everything that they went through during the war. They are fighting a war without knowing the real reasons behind it. They were often poorly equipped. They are the doomed youth of their day.
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One of the most famous war poems written by Wilfred Owen, who died in the British Army in the trenches of France and Belgium a week before the end of World War I. “Dulce” uses the powerfully revolting imagery of a soldier’s death from poison gas to call out poets and propagandists who praise the glories of war.
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Who is being addressed here? America? Us? What are the difficult things we don’t want to see that need to be seen?
A great exploration of these themes can be seen in the 2013 documentary on America’s historic relationship with drugs, social manipulation, crime and oppression: The House I Live In.
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According to Google, this translates loosely as “Look Angel I’ve always trusted you”.
The shift into Spanish is deliberate, and political. Byrne is highlighting the non-English speaking communities that are, in ways, victimised by the USA, in that they are not given the economic freedoms afforded to white Americans. Perhaps.
It’s common knowledge that Spanish is the most widely spoken non-English language in America, yet Spanish speakers are often marginalised, if not denigrated. The irony is that these communities have had to trust America in its paternal position.
Very complex, difficult ideas.
Yo siempre he confiado en ti = I have always trusted in you (or: confided in you). Por qué me tratas así? = Why are you treating me like this? (or: why do you treat me like this?)