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Theme Of The Visual Poem To This Day
In the visual poem To This Day by Shane Koyczan is about bullying. There is a picture in the video of a girl with a lion head, a skull and a lot of lines around her head. The lion head represents what she thinks she looks like because of what the people call her. The skull represents all the people thinking about harming themselves because of the names they’re being called. The lines around her head symbolize everybody bullying her and she cant get a break. In conclusion these symbols symbolize the overall effect bullying can have on a

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