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Nothing is for sure but even that principle cannot be fact for it is a contradiction of the statement itself; so the speaker feels as though he cannot prove anything – Atlantis may show them the significance about his experiences. Additionally, his significant experience happen to be the questioning of all the experiences going on around him which makes him more aware of his own.

He grows from these events knowing that nothing need to be proven for it for you to believe in something. The speaker states that “Our lives consist of the efforts we give” (Koyczan) which means that if we want something to be proven then we need to put in effort for it to happen. Furthermore,

In conclusion, Shane Koyczan’s poem “Atlantis” shows how the experiences

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