1. Go Down Moses
... in America as well. Instead of generalizing, as she does when she discusses the hopes and history of the slaves in both America and Egypt, (never hitting on the topic), as is done throughout the entire middle portion of the essay, and paraphrasing the poem, as she writes in her final five paragraphs, I wish Erica Smith would have continued to cover the ... "call-and-response" and "improvisation" styles of folk songs, and her essay seems to be focusing on the structure of the spirituals. From this point, Smith's essay only states the obvious when she introduces "Go Down, Moses" at a nint...
- Word Count: 1266
- Approx Pages: 5
- Grade Level: High School