Obama's Inauguration Speech Analysis

This speech seemed a little different than the other two speeches that he delivered it was similar in length to the second one, but I guess since it was an inauguration speech the crowd was a little less cheery and had a lot less applaud, because in his first speech they applauded and cheered after every second, in the second one they clapped at almost every paragraph, but in this one there was like 10 applauds and cheers for Obama.

Although just because there wasn’t as much excitement in this speech nonetheless the speech was just as great as the other two speeches Obama had delivered. Obama delivered all three speeches effectively which I’ve probably said about his previous two speeches. In all three speeches his delivery was just outstanding; his pauses were great because it allowed the audience to have a chance to absorb what he was actually talking. His tone of voice and annunciation made understanding and listening to his speech incredibly easy, and there was no discrepancies in anything he had to say. And even if there were, Obama had plenty of repetition to clarify major topics. Even something as simple as his hand gestures really made the speech a whole lot better. Just like in the previous two speeches his use of Rhetorical questions, like when he says, “Who suggests that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans.” Obama uses reader inclusion a lot in this speech because he uses words like, “we”, “us” “the people” a lot which of course is referring to the audience and America. Not even for a second did Obama exclude the audience in his speech, and that is what makes his speeches so profound.

The only difference I found in this speech than the other two speeches was obviously that this speech was a lot more serious than the previous two speeches. Also in this speech Obama got a little more serious and started talking a lot about the current issues in the United States and what his plans were to resolve these issues. Although in terms of Delivery there wasn’t much difference at all, the same goes for rhetorical devices. It was just the different issues and the more controlled audience that made this speech any different than his other two speeches.

Overall I enjoyed all three of his speeches and there weren’t any noticeable flaws that I could point out in all three of them. I will now definitely take an interest in his speeches, because now I know what to look for in his speeches, and I know his speeches will never bore me because he delivers amazing speeches.