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    (2 cлайд) Folk music songs deal with almost every kind of human activity. Folk music often expresses the character of ethnic and social groups and sometimes a nation. It is the music of the people. A folk song can express political or religious beliefs‚ tell a story or describe history‚ or just provide amusement.   (3 слайд) Folk music is usually learned by listening rather than by reading the notes or words. The music is shared from person to person‚ from place to place‚ and from generation to generation

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    The song ”Rain and Snow” is a studio recorded folk song and bluegrass murder ballad sung by Obray Ramsey. It’s a mix between a narrative and lyrical song as the singer/persona tells a story about his marriage to his wife‚ how she made him feel‚ and how this drove him to murder her. The verses in this song are four lines long and each weak syllable is followed by a strong syllable. That makes this a ballad that uses an iambic meter. More specifically‚ is the first line of each verse has 4 strong syllables

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    Slavery: An Autobiography and Dubois’ The Souls of Black Folk outline each of these powerful historical figures’ views on segregation and what can be done to end it. Both of these works are excellent examples of rhetorical writing‚ possessing strong persuasive arguments. A deeper examination of these texts can be done by a comparison of chapter fourteen of Washington’s work‚ entitled “The Atlanta Exposition Address‚” and chapter three of Dubois’ The Souls of Black Folk – “Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and

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    is a product of varied enrichments. Filipinos being a musical people have a diverse and rich music. The traditional folk music reflects and depicts the lives of the common people. This music serves as clues for other nations to distinguish the particular culture that we have. Indispensable in the lives of the Filipino during that time are the folk songs and dances. Folk songs were used to express the ideas and sentiments of the people. These emerged from the different regions in our country mostly

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    Milk Of Sorrow

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    The Importance of Songs In Claudia Llosa’s dramatic film‚ The Milk of Sorrow‚ released in 2010 in the United States‚ music plays an important role in unfolding what words fail to communicate. The film follows the journey of a young Peruvian girl‚ Fausta‚ who finds the need to earn enough money to bury her mother in the city. Her mother’s death forces Fausta to step out of her comfort zone as she is required to find odd jobs. The most significant one is being a maid in a rich woman’s house who offers

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    Life and Sorrow

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    the charms that the death of one so dearly loved can bring to the soul. I have known the darkness of occasional brooding‚ but I would dwell most upon a struggle with sorrow that has sweetened my nature‚ which otherwise‚ would have been stultified by the pain. Pain‚ I have realized‚ is beautiful only when one can rise from its depressing power. I have known the people who have become bitter and cynical under the lash of sorrow‚ and I have known some who have never recovered from anguish. My

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    The Sorrow of War

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    The Sorrow of War Bao Ninh’s The Sorrow of War is a novel that is a personal view of the Vietnam War from the perspective of a Vietnamese soldier. Like the American novel “The things they carried”‚ this novel brings about the effects of war on people‚ and especially how it defeats the human capacity for things such as love and hope. Bao Ninh offers this realistic picture of the Vietnam War’s impact on the individual Vietnamese soldier through use of a series of reminiscences or flashbacks‚ jumping

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    Infant Sorrow

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    INFANT SORROW Structure:“Infant Sorrow” is a poem which comes from Blake’s “Songs of experience”; this can be understood by the point of view of the “narration”‚ which is that of one who has seen the world and 111i81b its corruption. It is made up of only two quatrains‚ and it has a regular rhyme scheme of coupled rhymes. Paraphrasing: The poet

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    Ram Jam Song Black Betty

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    Ram Jam – “Black Betty” (1977) In 1939 the Musicraft Recording Label released a record which included the track‚ “Black Betty” by William Huddie Leadbetter better known as “Lead Belly.” “Black Betty” had been said to be originated as far back as the 18th century or the early 1930’s. Lead Belly was the first one to ever commercially record it however‚ giving him most of the credit for the song. Lead Belly was an iconic American folk and blues musician‚ notable for his strong vocals‚ twelve-string

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    Sorrow of war

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    Regarding to the presentation on the role of nationalism in Vietnam and in the Vietnam war‚ I came to realize the unvoiced importance of nationalism in the times of need. Throughout the book‚ The Sorrow Of War‚ and history itself‚ nationalism seemed to always be victimized in the most grotesque of situations. Women do not receive the recognition they deserve for the sacrifices they had made‚ alongside with men‚ to their families and country. In Vietnam‚ at a time of peace‚ women had specific roles

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