doesn’t feel right. The song is an observation of those things and trying to find some redemption in it. It’s so overwhelming to be completely surrounded by that feeling all the time; I had to find some redemption and to take back the definition of revolution.” – John Butler. (Change slide) Good morning/afternoon‚ students and teacher‚ Through songs‚ emotions and issues within society are expressed through the lyricists’ perspective. Through music and poetic devices‚ songs can appeal to an audience
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In The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock‚ T.S. Elliot employs both pessimistic and mundane descriptions to portray the feeling of alienation and dysfunction facing many city dwellers at the beginning of the twentieth century. This style of writing was in direct opposition to the optimism and happy outlook popular to the previous Victorian Era. Modernism and the development of a city culture brought with it feelings of losing ones self‚ and many writers began to question the previous ideas of a society
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SONG OF SEVEN LOVES • I crave your pardon‚ royal kin‚ Whose praises cheer my heart so well; If I should wound some feelings by The story I mean to tell. Deep loves which I alone have known I venture to reveal to you. They echo here within my heart As fond desire will ever do.A thousand aching memories— I think shall never be forgot— Still whisper to me in the air Of loves that love me not. My first love was a hidden sun‚ A dawn which never came today‚ But like a lovely knot
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Egyptian Love Poems and Their Universal Message Love transcends time and culture. Literary works throughout all of history tell stories of love that depict the meaning of love within those societies. In Sumerian culture‚ love stories revolved around sacred marriages and sexual acts that produced fertility of the land and people‚ whereas the Egyptian poems are secular and used more for entertainment and pleasure. The foundation of Egyptian love songs was the relationship and interaction between lovers
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“Alienation is defined as emotional isolation or dissociation from others ... it is the feeling of not belonging” The theme of Alienation is explored in both TS Eliot’s‚ The love song and Preludes and it is explored though many poetic techniques including repetition and animal imagry. In both of these poems the persona is alienated from himself and from society. One of the ways that the poet explores alienation is though the use of imagry. He compares him to a cat‚ an insect stuck to the wall
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Importance of subaltern literature- a teleological approach Dear and Rev. Father Principal‚ respected staff‚ my beloved students‚ friends‚ ladies and gentlemen. I feel a bit circumscribed in to stand before you to deliver this keynote address. I feel so‚ because I am not a literature student‚ nor am I in any way connected to literary world except as a lay person who loves literature and its richness in bringing out human emotions‚ values‚ and worldviews. But at the same time‚ I am honored to be
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“A Love Song for Bobby Long” written by Grayson Capps and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” written by TS Eliot remind the world of men who struggle with the demons of life. The little voices in your head saying “I don’t think you can do that.” These voices cause you to doubt yourself and your talents. They take the life out of you‚ and cause you to wonder if you even have a purpose here on earth. Now let’s take a deeper look into these poems and closely analyze their similarities and differences
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Priscilla Grunauer Period 3 3-27-07 3. The evening in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is compared with “a patient etherized upon a table‚” the “evening is spread out against the sky.” T.S. Eliot has compared his lonely night to a patient who is under an anesthetic‚ completely numb to all that surrounds him. “The evening is spread out against the sky‚” gives a very distinct image lending itself to another image; a patient spread upon an operating table completely subdued. 7. The obvious
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“Revolution 9”‚ written by John Lennon‚ for the White Album that was released later that year. Eventually‚ “Revolution 1” and “Revolution 9” were split into two tracks. “Revolution 1” was suppose to be the next single from the group. However‚ McCartney and Harrison had objections to the track for it’s tempo was too slow to be a single. After some objection from Lennon‚ they re-recorded the track at a moderate tempo and with heavily distorted electric guitars. The song became a raw‚ raucous‚ and feverous
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In Song‚ John Donne demonstrates the impossibility of finding the perfect femalebeing both honest and attractive‚ using metaphysical contrasts and a gentle‚ mocking tone. The poem‚ with its quiet yet bitter cynicism of women‚ reflect the underlying theme of many of Donne’s other works in which he blames the evilness of women for his pain and heartbreak. The first stanza of the poem is a list of impossible tasksall of which Donne compares to finding an honest‚ good woman. The poem begins with
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