... span" of a human life. The American nation has outlived the life of one human, but is still young, and at the end of the speech the audience will see the rebirth, or regeneration of the country. In addition, Lincoln's use of antitheses included mortal versus immortal; "those who gave their lives" and "so the nation might live". He also says "the ... ...

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... apparent that he has got to progress from the one to the other, namely, to reconcile a love of life, to quote James Miller, with a love of death, death as representing rebirth onto spiritual life. Thus gradually we see the poet recovering from his deep grief over mortality and becoming aware of the spiritual existence of Lincoln and his immortality. The song ... ...

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