Themes Of Eight Hundred Years By Kleine
Two texts that represent the same themes can convey them in different ways. For instance, the two songs “Eight Hundred Years” by Juliet Simmons and “Eine Kleine” by Rachie both represent the theme of unrequited love. “Eight Hundred Years” is about someone who constantly lies about herself and her love for a special person, constantly saying that she hates him. However, when her loved one passes away, she belatedly confesses that she had been lying, and genuinely had loved him, but her confession had been too late. Meanwhile, “Eine Kleine” is also about a loved one who had passed away, and the speaker can’t stop thinking about her lost love. She confesses that she had been weak, and she would always remember him even though she couldn’t tell
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At first, it establishes the tone of worthlessness and not wanting to continue on with life: “Then I would rather have been born as a pebble, living out my peaceful days” (Rachie, 6). This simile shows that the speaker isn’t willing to go on with life, and may even want to escape current problems when she states that she wants “peaceful days”. However, the tone immediately changes to one of desperation when addressing the pain of losing the love that she hadn’t addressed in time: “With this endless pain in my heart, tearing me apart, but also you beside me/Can’t you see how happy I’d be? I’d smile and say, ‘It was all for the best you see’” (Rachie, 13-14). The metaphor of her heart being torn apart shows how love has affected her life deep inside, and by asking this rhetorical question, she seems to question her loved one and her love for him. Additionally, the author uses a metaphor that clearly represents where her love was lost: “Telling me I will and I can, I pray every night that days like this will never end/Painting colours vivid and bright I see every time I go ahead and close my eyes” (Rachie, 27-28). When using the word “colours”, they symbolize the scraps of love that remained at the back of her mind. Meanwhile, the first line shows that she had never expected nor wanted her time with her love to end. Finally, it concludes the song with this line: “Hey, is it alright if I keep calling out your name” (Rachie, 41). This shows that even with her love gone, she will always keep him in her memories by calling out his
At first, it establishes the tone of worthlessness and not wanting to continue on with life: “Then I would rather have been born as a pebble, living out my peaceful days” (Rachie, 6). This simile shows that the speaker isn’t willing to go on with life, and may even want to escape current problems when she states that she wants “peaceful days”. However, the tone immediately changes to one of desperation when addressing the pain of losing the love that she hadn’t addressed in time: “With this endless pain in my heart, tearing me apart, but also you beside me/Can’t you see how happy I’d be? I’d smile and say, ‘It was all for the best you see’” (Rachie, 13-14). The metaphor of her heart being torn apart shows how love has affected her life deep inside, and by asking this rhetorical question, she seems to question her loved one and her love for him. Additionally, the author uses a metaphor that clearly represents where her love was lost: “Telling me I will and I can, I pray every night that days like this will never end/Painting colours vivid and bright I see every time I go ahead and close my eyes” (Rachie, 27-28). When using the word “colours”, they symbolize the scraps of love that remained at the back of her mind. Meanwhile, the first line shows that she had never expected nor wanted her time with her love to end. Finally, it concludes the song with this line: “Hey, is it alright if I keep calling out your name” (Rachie, 41). This shows that even with her love gone, she will always keep him in her memories by calling out his