The Sunrise Poem Analysis

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Most people tend to believe that the position they are in now is all that is intended for them. Many people believe where they are now in life is all they are suppose to be, nothing more nothing less. For the majority of our lives we are told by strangers and close ones that we have our path already laid out, that our ideas are stupid, or that we will never amount to anything in life.
Few rarely see or have that one person in their corner telling them or showing them that they can achieve anything they set their mind to. The song “Sunrise” depicts this perfectly not only visually but lyrically as well. The main takeaway shown on the video for “Sunrise” is about a young man going who is being bullied for his thoughts and ideas. Those around him push him, drop his papers, and slam him to the ground wanting to break him. He begins to have a break down and when he is at the point of giving up someone comes to his aid and lifts him up. He runs down a beach as he is being emotionally revived and finally feels as if he has found his purpose in life.
The video begins with sheets of paper on a desk with the
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He then falls to the grown broken and ready to give in. He reaches his hand out as if he is asking for help from anyone willing, out of nowhere a mysterious hand reaches down and pulls him up, where he appears on a beach. He begins to run down the beach towards the sunrise where he stands taking in life and becoming a better version of himself. The ending scene is of him standing next to the same blackboard as before but know he has written “I am strong, proud, blessed, and unique.” The lyrics read “I won’t go to my grave until a difference is made.” The boy was not willing to give up easily even when it seemed he was all alone and nobody cared for him, except the one who picked him up, he was able to make a change in his life before it was too

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