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The Breakdown of "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. RCAF
When people speak of poetry, they might say things like "poetry is snapshots of ideas." John Gillespie's engaging and entertaining sonnet High Flight inspires the imagination, and stimulates the mind with snapshots of many wonderful ideas. The human race has always dreamt of flight, and this poem gives the reader reminiscent thoughts of these fantasies. It is a masterful accomplishment on almost every aspect. It is hard to believe that such inspiring words came from such a young author.
John Gillespie Magee was an American who served in the Canadian air force. He was born in China in 1922. His parents were missionaries, his mother being a British citizen. In 1939 when he came to the United States, he won a scholarship to Yale but instead opted to join the air force. In 1941, Magee composed this poem and sent a copy to his parents, a few months before he was killed in a mid-air collision. He was only......

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