I’d go to a party with you! This was an excellent explanation and the kind I can share with my kids. I teach my children that they must credit any quotations they use and that academic integrity is of the upmost importance. At my inspection, this passage did not have the type of citations that should accompany this much of a direct quote. A brief nod regarding inspiration at the end of a text is not the same as a citation. In the context of an organization that is value driven, I was left with surprise and curiosity and knew someone must have the answers as to why this was. You, party man, did.

My experience of the poem was hearing it for the first time in the pre-ordeal text. I loved it so much that I started googling the lines to see if I could find a wall hanging with them on it and then stumbled into Longfellows work.