During an interview with the Los Angeles Free Press in 1965‚ Bob Dylan said‚ “All I can do is be me‚ whoever that is‚” (Dylan) which perfectly describes the sentiment you get from his works. During his music career‚ he has changed many aspects of his image‚ music style and religion‚ going so far as to legally change his name from Robert Zimmerman to Bob Dylan. Living during a very fast changing society‚ his works reflect on the Civil Rights movement and other historically significant events. He is
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This Land Is Your Land By: Woody Guthrie There are many fold songs that go unheard. But when you go back to the roots of folk music‚ there is one that most every American recognizes. "This Land Is Your Land" has been a staple of Americana for nearly 75 years. The lyrics start off by giving a visual image of the vastness of America. It mentions California and the New York Island which focuses on the widest breadth of the country. Then it mentions the Redwood Forest (Which is also in California)
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Trio Essay Edwin Morgan’s poem ‘trio’ is about a moment where Morgan saw a man and two girls walking in Glasgow‚ down Buchanan Street in the cold at Christmas time. In the poem Morgan uses different poetic techniques like his specific word choice clever punctuation to show his emotions about this moment and how memorable it was. He also uses techniques like figurative language‚ not just to tell us about his experience but to also explain a deeper comment about life which is that no matter how
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Edwin Land was born on May 7‚ 1909 in Bridgeport Connecticut. He was the the only child to Harry and Martha Land. Edwin Land attended Harvard University‚ studying chemistry. Land dropped out of college after one year and moved to New york‚ where he researched and developed a Polaroid J Sheet. Every night‚ Land worked in a laboratory that he snuck into to work on his Polaroid J sheet. Edwin returned to Harvard‚ where he focused on chemistry and physics. Land paired up with one of his professors and
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This Land is Your Land‚ Incomplete The poem “This Land is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie is originally a seven stanza poem that is often cut short in the recorded versions known to many. The poem’s main element is imagery of America’s landmarks to exorcise an emotion out of the reader. The first four stanzas have a much more celebratory tone compared to the final three. The last three stanzas are cut out‚ so as to not dampen the joyful tone of the song. The tone of the work takes a more serious
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Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong and recorded by Edwin Starr‚ “War” is one of the most famous protest songs of the latter part of the 20th century. This is a song protesting the war in Vietnam‚ the first truly unpopular war in the history of the United States (War (song)). Starr’s song harnesses the anger of the general populace towards the war and channels this anger into a persuasive and moving medium. The Vietnam War was met by heavy public resistance by the general public as
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The poem Horses by Edwin Muir uses imagery and figurative language to create and associate the the themes such as nature‚ machine‚ power and myth. Edwin Muir uses a variety of language tools such as Paradox‚ simile and metaphor to create a particular effect. He conveys his feelings through the poem and to link to the past. In addition‚ Muir’s use of rhyme scheme with the repetition of words puts emphasis on certain lines which in turn provides development for the tone. The Rhyme scheme for the poem
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Flatland is a book that was written in 1884 by Edwin Abbott. His book shows the narrator’s adventures throughout the many dimensions he did not know of. The narrator‚ A. Square‚ shares his experiences by telling his story starting in Flatland. The way A. Square shares his stories is very different from what we know today. In his stories everything and everyone is made up of shapes and many more things that you would never see in the 21st century culture. Flatlands government is almost like our government
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Strickland Gloria Strickland Mrs. Coy APLit 5 December 2014 Folk Music: The Bridge between the Past and the Present Sometimes the strongest way to get a story or point across is through words of song. In a historical point of view‚ the oldest and most effective style of music that has had a major impact throughout the world is folkstyle music. Many of the United States’ immigrants from Europe were drawn to‚ and influences to‚ the music in the South‚ mainly during the 1800’s (Cohen). The
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The movement then continued into the 1940s‚ 50s‚ and 60s with works of Bertrand Harris Bronson and collector-performers such as Burl Ives‚ John Jacob Niles‚ Pete Seeger‚ and Peggy Seeger. The songs that these musicians sang are ballads‚ southern mountain songs‚ Negro spirituals‚ blues‚ cowboy songs‚ hobo songs‚ prospector songs‚ songs of railroad men‚ and sailors. The songs were based on the things that were happenings in those times. “There are almost as many ways of categorizing American folk
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