Language Features
Word Classes:
The narrator change the point of view (pronouns) of the discourse to include the reader on it. These is reflected in the second paragraph: "You speak [...] at first I was".
The narrator wrote the verse in preent and in past tense to compare what is happening now with what was hapening before. We can see this in the second paragraph: "I have tried to stand [...] I'am convinced, beflowing with blood".
Formal and Informal text:
The narrator is using formal language, this is due to the type of text (formal letter) and the importance of it. the formality is shown with complex words and long sentences, such as: "[...] fellow clergymen would see my non violent efforts as those of an extremist "Somebodiness", and words such as: "Rabble rousers" and "outside agitators". As it was evidenced, the presence of complex and pollysilabic words and sentences makes the language used formal at all.
Semantic Field
In the most of the text, the narrator use words related with freedom, for example "Opressed people", "violence" and "Negros frustration". The narrator use these semantic field to demostrate what happens with the "Negros" community in those times because they dind'nt had freedom.
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