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With the United States,as well as to persuade newly independent countries and other poor Third World countries that the new administration would be friendly to them.Futher Kennedy hoped to persuade the Soviet Union and the other Warsaw Pact countries that the new administration bore them no ill-will and waned to work with them for peace and prosperity.
Language
Presidential inauguraion is a solemn occasion which repuires a formal speech.Hence the employment of pseudo-Roman and biblical language to add solemnity.At the same time Kennedy’s speech was designed to convince and to persuade.He wants to convince the American people and the world that the President and his team were capable of leadership,with vigor and with vision.He needed to persuade the all allies to stand
Anthesis Eg:United,there is little we cannot do Divided,there is little we can do the“not…but”structure Eg:not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom
Rhetorical device
Parallel structure eg:We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. We shall not always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom Metaphor remember that,in the past,those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside. Anaphora eg:To hoes old allies To thoes people in the huts and villages To our sister republics
Analysis of the Speech
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Theme Language Rhetorical device Style

Theme
This is a public speech,especialy an inaugural adress.So,in the opening of the inaugural speech,Kennedy wants to make clear it is not a partisan occasion but an occasion for celebrating free elections and democracy.Because he tries to show he is the Presideng of the Americans and thus beyond the partisan bitterness in the electoral campaign
Style
The speech is delivered by President Kennedy as an inaugural adress, which should be enough solemn and forceful. The speech fits the occasion well for it is considered as one of the best adresses which were delievered by the American Presidents. First, he is the president of the American people, and wants to show them he is the one among them, he uses “we” for 30 times, “us” 11times, “our” 20 times, but “I” for only 5 times. Second, Kennedy mentions God in the speech to express the new American goal. It shows that the goal is full of solemnity. Third, he uses some rhetorical devices to emphasize the key ideas and chooses the words carefuly enough.