A Rhetorical Analysis Of Abraham Lincoln's Farewell Speech

Four months after the Battle of Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln delivers an farewell speech to the brave soldiers who was willing to give away their lives for America. Lincoln’s purpose was to emphasize to the audience about liberty, freedom, and equality within the new nation. He adopts the speech in a solemn and hopeful tone to present to the audience how he felt about the soldiers who commit their lives for America. Through the use of repetition, and parallel structure Lincoln illustrates the importance on the unity of the nation. One of Lincoln’s way to promote unity to the nation was his use of repetition. His use of repetition was illustrated on the first sentence of the second paragraph, where he stated, “we cannot dedicate -- we cannot