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Title: At first glance, the title 'Our Deepest Fear' makes me think of monsters and gloomy type of scene. I assumed the author would be a little boy or little girl.

Paraphrase: 'Our Deepest Fear' by Marianne Williamson is a truly amazing poem. The poem how people in the community is scared of reaching their full potential. 'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.' The line reveals how we are not scared we are not enough, we are scared that we are more intelligent, stronger then we know. The poet reveals how each individual has their own potential. Mrs. Williamson states how to each individual much rise to their full potential in order to better the world itself.

Connotation: The author uses special diction and syntax in order to betray her message. By using such powerful words you become one with the poem. The whole poem has words like 'inadequate' instead of a basic word like unintelligent. By switching just these two words makes a poem much more powerful and much more motivating.

Attitude: The authors tone is just really self motivating each individual. The poem reminds me of the coach telling his players to do the impossible. The poem is so inspirational and has the attitude where you just want to get up and go get to get that education or do whatever you want to do in life in order to succeed. By keeping that powerful tone the audience is able to feel what the author is trying to convey.

Shift: ' Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure'. There is a shift in the middle of the poem when the author is explaining How each individual has the potential to be anything they want not just to better themselves but also the world itself.

Title Revisited: After reading the poem several times I have came to the conclusion that our deepest fear is not about monsters or any physical challenge. The title means we must mentally overcome our obstacles and self-doubt.

Theme: the author's theme is pretty self explanatory. Each individual has ability to do whatever they want in their life. However, we are so scared of rejection we reject ourselves. We have the opportunity to get education and not only better ourselves the better those around us. The author mentioned how playing a small role in the world does not help anybody. Be who you want to be a but make sure its a person you can be. Everyone is beautiful and everyone is powerful. Do not let self doubt control your life. You are the controller of your own game so play well and win everything.