To start; I honestly enjoyed‚ song of Solomon‚ I found parts of it a little unclear‚ but I believe that will be cleared up with time. I attribute my confusion to the fact that I read it‚ and did all the summer work across three days. That being said‚ I found the text to be a quality piece filled with excellent subtext and symbolism. I wouldn’t categorize this novel as excellent‚ or particularly inspiring‚ but would say it’s more than simply good and also well written. Firstly‚ I’m going to elaborate
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adults are associated with rationality and realistic view. In Supertramp’s “The Logical Song”‚ it says: When I was young‚ it seemed that life was so wonderful‚ A miracle‚ oh it was beautiful‚ magical. ... But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible‚ Logical‚ responsible‚ practical. And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable‚ Clinical‚ intellectual‚ cynical. The person in the song is describing how they used to have an open and happy view on the world‚ but they went to
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The Canadian Boat song was a poem published in Scotland by an anonymous author who wasn’t the happiest of all people. The poet claimed that the common people from the Highlands were forced to be exiled. Due to the fact that the poet refers to the Highlands as ‘our father’s land’ is a subtle hint that the poet was a Scottish Highlander that was one of those who were exiled. “Yet still the blood is strong‚ the heart is Highland‚ and we in dreams behold the Hebrides”. By stating that the blood is
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younger‚ my family was pretty much everything my life was about. I was never a terribly social child while I was growing up and going through preschool and elementary school‚ I mean I had the friends who I met at school that I was friends with and enjoyed at school‚ but when I went home everything was about my family. I always had my sister‚ who was my best relatively-close-to-my-age friend for a good while because I had yet to really get to know anyone as well as I knew her‚ and then there were my parents
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Norwegian Wood Analysis Rory Say “Norwegian Wood” first appeared on The Beatles’ sixth full length album‚ Rubber Soul‚ which was released December 3rd‚ 1965. Not only is the song unique in the context of the album‚ but it is an example of one of The Beatles’ more experimental tracks. Written primarily by John Lennon‚ it was in fact George Harrison’s idea to use a sitar during the recording‚ which is the instrument that makes the song so recognizable‚ and also marks the first time a sitar was
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Jesus Christ‚ portrayed both differently and similarly throughout four different films‚ shows the viewer examples of a low and high christology. The four films King of Kings‚ The Last Temptation of Christ‚ Jesus of Nazareth‚ and The Passion of Christ teach that Jesus was the son of God. Overall‚ each film shows that Jesus is humble‚ faithful‚ giving‚ forgiving‚ and wise. In John 6:38‚ it says‚ “For I came down from heaven‚ not to do mine own will‚ but the will of him that sent me.” For this shows
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“ugly” is defined as someone or something that is unpleasant and repulsive. For a black girl‚ the connotation of the word transforms from unpleasant to unworthy; repulsive thus becomes invisible. “Ugly” was initially written as a way for me to be in conversation with the Webster Dictionary word. However‚ over some months the piece began to be a conversation I was having with myself‚ other poets‚ and black girls in general. After ten months of working on this collection‚ I found myself in deeper thought
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it was like in the most heated parts of their argument. Praise Song for My Mother is a poem about the love between mother and daughter‚ using multiple metaphors to distinguish the relationship. Both poems use metaphors to describe the speaker’s feelings towards the other person in the relationship‚ for example in Quickdraw “And this is love‚ high noon‚ calamity‚ hard liquor in the old Last Chance saloon.” Then in Praise Song for My Mother “You were water to me deep and bold and fathoming.” Although
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Hyperion’s Song of Fate Symbolism Although Holdelin wrote Hyperion’s Song of Fate during the French Revolution in 1799‚ he sets the poetry that involves Greek mythology. He used Hyperion‚ a Greek Titan god‚ as a narrator to describe the difference between a flawless‚ infinite life of immortal and the imperfect and hopeless life of humanity. Holdelin chose Hyperion because he was a god who was overthrown by the other gods to live in the mortal world. Holdelin used Hyperion’s perspective in both
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‘A Song of Hope’ was written by Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal‚ at a time when Aboriginals were being distinguished against because of their skin colour and traditions. This poem speaks optimistically of a brighter future for the coming generations of people with different skin colour or traditions including the Aboriginals. The subject matter the poem is racism and freedom for the Aboriginals and others who have different colored skins from others or Native Australians. The theme the poem is the
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