Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Poetry In Music?
Please Quote One Of Your Favorite Song Lines Or Lyrics, And Explain How It Exhibits One Of Our Studied Poetry Terms?
Make sure that your quoted lyrics are appropriate. Please italicize the
song lyrics, include the song title/artist(s), and qualify or establish
the connection between the poetry term and the lyrics. (Due Friday
1-11-2013 by 2:30p.m.)
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In a song “Begin Again” by Taylor Swift, I noticed that it had Allusions in it. When she sings “I think it's strange that you think I'm funny cause he never did.” She gives a hint that something happened to her but you don’t know exactly what, just like an allusion is, a reference to something that you can’t exactly grip. Another example from her poem is when she sings, “And we walked down the block, to my car and I almost brought him up.” There she says again about a him, but you never get to really know who he is the entire time she sings. Also “Begin Again” has a consonance because it keeps on repeating the words, “ But I do,” in the song. Because consonance means the use of repeating things over and over again. But “Begin Again” is not the only song with poetic terms, every song you hear will definitely have one poetry term because every song was made by emotion and thought, which is the most accurate way to make a poem.
Personification is when objects or ideas are given human traits/qualities. This literary effect happens to appear in the song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day. 'On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams when the city sleeps'. The city is not human, but in this case it is given the human ability of sleeping. This is a prime example of how literary terms/effects can be used in areas other than just the poetry realm.
In the popular song "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift, there are many examples of 'poetic terms'. The biggest phrase I found was in the fourth couplet. Swift sings, "And he's long gone when he's next to me". This is a perfect example of an oxymoron. The other example of a 'poetic term' is in the tone of the song. Swift repeats some parts of the song three times like when she says, "You found me, you found me, you found me", Swift is obviously trying to make her song catchy and memorable but also she uses the repetition to really prove her point. I agree that poems or poetry can be found in music, most songs are just poems that are sung with instruments in the background. I think that "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift is a perfect example of both tone and an oxymoron.
In the song "One Day More" from the awesome musical Les Miserables, I found that the song shows many examples of repetition. Throughout the song many people repeat the title, "One Day More". The song is about many different people imagining the next day, which is the first day of the French Revolution and many changes in many people's lives. There is also examples of personification such as, "One more day to revolution, we will nip it in the bud." this makes sense but you can not physically nip a revolution in the bud. The song shows many complex verses and different elements of poetry. I love it. :)
In "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor, there is a rhyming scheme. During the chorus they rhyme 'tiger' and 'rival', along with 'fight' and 'night'. I also noticed personification when they mention "It's the eye of the tiger"; they're not really interpreting it as an actual eye of a tiger, but representing it as more of a rising, fighting action that somebody is doing (like working hard to win). The writer is wanting us to imagine a spirited, fired-up person who has drive and passion, like a tiger, and is rising above what was occurring or such - and see it through the eye.
"It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight. Rising up to the challenge of our rival. And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night. And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger."
"I said remember this moment, in the back of my mind
The time we stood with our shaking hands
The crowds in the stands went wild
We were the Kings and the Queens
And they read off our names
The night you danced like you knew our lives
Would never be the same
You held your head like a hero
On a history book page
It was the end of a decade
But the start of an age" This stanza in Taylor Swifts song Long Live has a rhyme scheme of ABACDFDGHIH. It also has a simile that is comparing how one holds their head like a hero. This stanza also contains many comparisons. There is a comparison to Kings and Queens, history book pages and heroes. One might argue that this stanza also has personification because of the line that says shaking hands. Another may argue that that is not personification because hand are a part of a human.
In "Colors of the Wind" in the movie Pocahontas, there is personification. During the chorus she sings about singing along with the mountain. It is mostly talking about the rivers and all the animals that live on the mountain. They wanted us to imagine the mountain being strong and peaceful like how people should be.
"Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue horn moon? Or ask the grinning bobcat why he grins? Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain? Can you paint with all the color of the wind?"
In the song, "How He Loves Us", by David Crowder, the lyrics of the song really demonstrate a simile. "He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am tree, bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy." This song demonstrates a simile because it compares God's love to a hurricane. It really shows that God loves us in spite of our sins and that His love is so over whemling that it's like a hurricane, in a sense because when you really feel God's love, you cry and cry, the flood gates have opened.
From "Affirmation" by Savage Garden, the first stanza says,"I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self-esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye" This song is quite inspirational, it shows not all people believe that you have to be "perfect" and that we should not believe that we need to be someone else, or change ourselves for society. Also, someone cares, someone somewhere(whether or not they want to show it)there is always someone. Finally, Savage Garden have so many songs about how someone cares, loves you, or that you do not need to be perfect or please society.
In the song "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor swift shows allusions because she said " I knew you were trouble when you walked in, shame on me now." because she didn't really know things were going to be as troubling as they were. Some people my say they know when things are going to be troubling but no one really knows how bad until they are put in that situation.
In the song "Lotus Flower" by Radiohead, a verse exhibits some metaphoric examples and personification. The line in the song is "Slowly we unfurl as lotus flowers" and I think that it is using a mix of personification and metaphor/simile qualities. Unfurl means open or spread out and I think it means, slowly, we turn into something more beautiful then before. The writer uses lotus flowers as an example of human characteristics, hence, personification. He is comparing lotus flowers to beauty by using a simile. In this one line from my favorite song, there are many poetic terms, some I can't even identify. But the emotion and tone of this line really impacts the rest of the song.
A song that I like that shows 'poetic terms' such as rhyme scheme is "Fireflies" By Owl City.
"Cause they'd fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude
But I would just stand and stare
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance"
The first stanza's rhyme scheme is ABCA
The second stanza's rhyme scheme is ABCD
The thrid stanza's rhyme scheme is AAB
This song strongly shows a Rhythmatic pattern or a 'poetic term'
In the song Breath(2 AM)by Anna Nalick i noticed rhyme scheme in it. when she sings "Cause you can't jump the track,We're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass Glued to the table."
"Kyrie" by Mr.Mister is about the singer reaching out to God to have mercy on him.When the lyric"Kyrie Eleison" comes he saying god save me.This is obviously a sonnet/ballad and shows forms of a Haiku.It has a slight form of 5/7/5 representing a Haiku.When you listen through the whole song it's about the singer and his life.He is explaining what he's going through with the road blocks on the way.This is a form of a Ballad otherwise known as the life's story.Throughout he's saying that one line "Kyrie" or Lord.He's describing how he needs God to save him from his troubles.
In the song "behind these hazel eyes" by Kelly Clarkson is demonstrates Allusion in the lines "Seems like just yesterday You were a part of me, I used to stand so tall I used to be so strong Your arms around me tight Everything, it felt so right Unbreakable, like nothing' could go wrong Now I can't breathe,No, I can't sleep" The lines seems to be an allusion because she makes a reference to how she used to be before it all and how she is now after the fact. She tells what its like for her now, and that it wasn't like that before.
In Beyonce's song "Satellites" she uses a simile to compare to things using like. " Cause' we're flashing by like satellites." Also there is internal rhyme in this song when she says these two lines. "Satellites flashing bright." and " Think how happy we can be when we just try." Beyonce uses many poetic techniques in her songs and these are some of them.
In the song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" By Green Day I noticed personification "I walk a lonely road" The road cannot have the human ability to feel lonely.
In the song, "Your Hands" by JJ Heller, the stanza:
"I am trying to understand
How to walk this weary land
Make straight the paths that crooked lie
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine" has a rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme is AABBB. "Understand" and "Land" rhyme. Also, The last three lines of the stanza is a slant rhyme because "lie" and "mine" sound somewhat similar but do not actually rhyme, therefore being a slant rhyme.
The song "Everybody Talks" by Neon Trees includes many allusions in it. "Hey baby won't you look my way I can be your new addiction. Hey baby what you gotta say all you're giving me is fiction. I'm a sorry sucker and this happens all the time, I find out that everybody talks, every body talks, every body talks,.." This leads to an idea of rumors and can relate to individuals about relationships with friends, family, or others, allowing them to think beyond the lyrics and about their personal lives if you really think about them.
Now that she's back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's time a to change, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the milky way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
The song "Drops of Jupiter " by Train is a symbol for a fresh attitude. Both the song and the poem are about a person who is outside yourself using submersion in the universe as a metaphor. The lines "Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey" create a couplet. The line "she acts like summer and walks like rain" is a simile. "Sail across the sun" is figurative language.
In the song My Little Bird by Ed Sheeran Ed uses metaphor to describe the girl he loves as his little bird using the lyrics:
"Darling how I miss you, strawberries taste how lips do,
And its not complete yet, mustn't get our feet wet,
Cause that leads to regret, diving in too soon,
And I'll owe it all to you, oh, my little bird.
My little bird."
showing how he needs to protect his "little bird" and how he doesn't want to rush into a relationship and mess things up. The song also demonstrates rhyme schemes because within the lines there are rhymes as well as every line rhymes with the last in some stanzas shown in the lyrics above and in the lyrics: "And of all these things I'm sure of, I'm not quite certain of your love,
You make me scream, and then I made you cry,
When I left that little bird with its broken leg to die." rhyming love and of, cry and die.
In the song "Let me love you" by Mario, I noticed that there is some personification in the line "Your true beauty's description looks so good that it hurts." This line is saying that the girls beauty hurts him, when it really doesnt. Another example from his song is the line "Baby you should let me love you, love you, love you." In this line we see repitition when he repeats "love you." These poetic terms are used a lot in poetry and are essential.
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