Analysis Of The Song 'God Bless America'

The great depression was the one of the hardest year in American history. People were suffering economically, people were dying of starvation, and unemployment had risen. During this era music and art describe the emotion of American people. Music gave people hope, like the song “God Bless America” written by Kate Smith. This song reflected the ability to convey a message to Americans, by giving them faith and prosperity. Another depression-era song was “This Is Your Land” written by Woodie Guthrie in the 1940s. Gurthie believed in the poor, since he saw how people were dying in front of his eyes of starvation which caused him pain, being described in his song, another reason he wrote this song was because he was tired of hearing Kate Smith