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Style Analysis – Freedom for all

First, Mandela uses the land as imagery to show the people of the Republic of South Africa. The land has been used several to depict how the sovereignty of the countrymen and women of South Africa. When he refers to; never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience oppression. Land cannot carry and have feelings like oppression and pain. This clearly shows that the term land is a connotation of the people occupying the country of South Africa. The words bridge the chasms implies making peace between the oppressors and those who were oppressed in the country.

Informal diction has been applied by the narrator to imply and give meaning to what is happening. This applies in statements like the effort to implant, bridge chasms while colloquial words are being used. Polysyllabic words are the majority of the words used in the passage. These include; political, etc. Furthermore, there are euphonious well-pleasing words that are used as flowers. The narrator applies heavily connotative words that aid in engaging the audience emotionally, i.e., We have achieved our political emancipation. The language is abstract, representing a thought. E.g., we feel a sense of personal renewal. In contrast, Mandela applies slang when he equates the people to the skunk of the world.

The passage has patterns of imagery like land, which represent the people, water for life, salt for nourishment and meaningful life, bread for food, and bosom, representing the ultimate satisfaction. These imageries describe the setting, characters, and situation while creating a picture for the reader of how the country is. Their passage has elements of personification with the breasts of the people and land being features given life by the narrator. Hyperbole has been applied when the narrator narrates how the sun shall never set. This shows how the achievements of the fighting for freedom shall never go down but always stand high.

The passage applies a pace that excites the reader. This is done by using longer sentences that include hypotaxis, which follows the subject-verb-object (SVO) structure. For example, we have triumphed in the effort. Nevertheless, there are instances where the narrator uses short sentences to increase the pace of the narration. - Let there be justice for all. The mixture of both long and short sentences aims to create the Ebb and flow of the passage. The passage has parallelism that aims to build the rhythm. This is noticed when elements of a list are echoing each in length, syllables, and rhythm. This includes sentences like Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water, and salt for all. This creates the rhythm required in the passage. Furthermore, the simple sentence structure applied all through the passage aims to further build the rhythm and enhance it.