Jonnie Mitchell Poem Analysis

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Joni Mitchell

Submitted to:

Dr. Remedios Biavati

Submitted by:

Jacqueline T. Sangalang

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Joni Mitchell

Born Roberta Joan Anderson; November 7, 1943 is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter.

Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto. In the mid-1960s she left for New York City and its rich folk music scene, recording her debut album in 1968 and achieving fame first as a songwriter ("Urge for Going", "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides Now", "Woodstock") and then as a singer in her own right. Finally settling in Southern California, Mitchell played a key part in the folk rock movement then sweeping the
The West is considered by many to be a cultural region with an identity separate from that of the rest of Canada. The special cultural, political and economic characteristics of "the West" are, however, not universally agreed upon, nor are its geographical limits and stereotypes of the West mask the cultural, physical and historical differences within this vast and varied region.

In Canadian politics, the term "the West" is used misleadingly in Canadian media style guides as shorthand for the Conservative leanings of Western Canadians, as contrasted with the greater likelihood for candidates from either the Liberal Party of Canada or the New Democratic Party (NDP) to be elected in Central Canada (although the NDP's roots are in Saskatchewan and British Columbia). Exceptions exist, particularly in British Columbia, as well as in the prairie cities of Winnipeg and Regina, where the Liberal Party currently hold seats, as well as in other major urban centers such as Edmonton where Liberal and NDP candidates have been elected in recent history. The social democratic NDP had its origins on the Canadian Prairies and in the mining and pulp mill towns and railway camps of British Columbia, and has a history of support in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and British
*The picture on the upper left was the cover of Joni’s album, “CLOUD.”

REACTION

I think this song means that people have different perceptions of what love and life are all about when they're children as opposed to when they're adults.

When we were children, we saw love as a fairytale, hence the line: "Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way you feel, as every fairytale comes real; I've looked at love that way." But when we became adults, we realized that love is NOT a fairytale, thus the line: "But now it's just another show. You leave 'em laughing when you go, and if you care, don't let them know, don't give yourself away." Love and life can be painful, and children don't see that. They see love and life as a fairytale.

It possibly means also that, there is no correct answer when it comes to fragile things like love and life. They are too big and meaningful to be summed up by anything.

There are certain things in life you can never learn about from a book or from other people, like this song suggests life and love; you have to experience them, because they are different for every