2nd Stanza
He goes around carrying it
On his back
When asked what is inside,
He say, "Just a handful of feathers,
Just a handful of feathers
The poem literally builds up an imaginary visualization of a man carrying a sack of bag. In a reader's perspective, the persona is discreetly lying about the content of the sack insisting that it just contains a handful of feathers
Figuratively, the poem denotes how one man snatched away all the people's hope on turning down their country's problems and replaced it with a false fantasy. This airy hope chase away the heavy burden felt by the government who considered everything insignificantly and lightly
The second stanza used repetition to emphasize the lies and light treatment of the government. However, this supposed emphasis turned out different in our perspective. Whenever a person is lying, they tend to repeat the words or phrases over and over again
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by Cirilo F. Bautista