Anthems of Canada and Israel

This assignment was somewhat difficult for me to complete. Being born and brought up in America, I have never really thought about what goes into making a national anthem. So i thought about it and i have made my own judgment that Tagore really couldn't accurately create the national anthem for two separate countries. An anthem should be something thats intimate with its specific country and only one who has been a patriot and has gone through ups and downs in their country could accurately depict what a country stands for.

I have chosen the Israeli and Canadian National Anthems to decipher.

Israel's anthem when translated goes as so:

As long as deep in the heart,
The soul of a Jew yearns,
And forward to the East
To Zion, an eye looks
Our hope will not be lost,
The hope of two thousand years,
To be a free nation in our land,
The land of Zion and Jerusalem.

Canada's National anthem

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

In Hatikvah the Israel National anthem, it was created in the 1878 by Naphtali Herz Imper, he was a poet and i feel as though he captures the true esscence of the Jewish people in his anthem. He talks about how the Jews are on a search for Zion their homeland and how our souls still earn for the answers of life, and that we have been looking for it for more than 2000 years. Now this anthem was created about seventy years before the formation of Isreal i still feel as though this anthem depicts the true beliefs of the Jewish people.

In Canadas National Anthem, was written in the 1880's by Robert Stanley Weir, who was a poet and judge in Canada. Wiers anthem is not an English translation of the original French anthem, but just a similar one with some similarities. But i feel as though Canadas anthem is one that supports Nationalism within Canada. It talks of standing together, and i feel as though countries anthems should be this similar to Canadas, unless you are talking about history of the country. Nonetheless, i happen to like the Canadian anthem because it just gives you a good feeling when you read, at least i get one and im not even from Canada.

As for the American National Anthem, while it accurately depicts what the country was like during the Revolutionary War it is not even close to the current state of our country. Nonetheless, the anthem still talks about how even though the fire and flames of bombs and being attacked that our flag was still waving strong, and that is still true today. Even after the atrocious acts of pearl harbor and 9/11 we still had our flags waving strong if not stronger. Plus America is still the home of the free and brave, although its changing a little its still home to anyone who wants to come here, legally of course. All three anthems i feel may not depict the country itself, but it does portray the people of the country, and i feel as though thats what really matters when your trying to create a logical accurate National Anthem..