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      A Nurse’s Songs: Through Innocence and Experience    William Blake’s two poems that are both entitled “Nurse’s Song” demonstrate opposing perspectives of a nurse toward the innocence of the children she is caring. In “Songs of   Innocence”‚ the rhyming pairs of the poem suggest that the nurse is untroubled as she watches   the children’s enjoyment while its syntax shows that she advocates or is in favor of the joy that   their innocence brings them. In “Songs of Experience”

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    from the chains of oppression. This theme of flight is exemplified in the novel Song of Solomon‚ by Toni Morrison. In the conclusion of this novel‚ Milkman‚ the protagonist‚ jumps off of a cliff and towards Guitar Bains‚the man that was once Milkman’s friend but is now deranged and trying to murder him. The ending is left ambiguous‚ and it is not known if Milkman soars or simply crumbles to his death‚ it is only known that he attempts to "ride" the air. Thus‚ in Song of Solomon‚ Toni Morrison uses the

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    For Celia a song that would fit her description would be Gypsy by Shakira. She is almost like a gypsy herself‚ she follows the circus wherever they go and is constantly moving from place to place. Just like gypsy communities they have their own set of people that they stay with and follow wherever. Also another one of Shakira songs would fit Celia’s playlist is Whenever‚ Wherever. This songs talks about long distance and two lovers‚ this relates a lot to Celia’s life and her relationship with Marco

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    One song that has really changed my life and has had an impact would be Hall of Fame by The Script. The song has the verses and reminders that if you do your best and if you strive for what you want to do or who you want to be‚ then you can be the best‚ and you can find yourself standing in the Hall of Fame. The nature of its impact could not be much greater. It encourages students‚ teenagers‚ and everyone to be the strongest person they can be with whatever they want to do the most. As the example

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    music and music is poetry. It is unquestionable that the song “Imagine” by John Lennon is a form of poetry. It has meaning‚ a logical message to society‚ an emotional and intellectual impact‚ and a literary device‚ which subjectively‚ is poetry. John Lennon’s song is a perfect example of how an artist pours heart and soul into writing. “Imagine” is a very meaningful song as it was brought about during time during history. The United States was fighting a war and unfortunately‚ it left thousands of

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    “Our Song”-Taylor Swift It all began freshman year of 2007‚ and the annual high school talent show was coming up. Poor little T Swift had no idea what to do‚ so she decided she’d write a cute little song about her relationship at the time‚ and then the pop country hit “Our Song” came to be. Taylor Swift had no intentions of this make shift song becoming anything special rather then something up beat and relatable to her fellow classmates‚ but then the exact opposite happened. When producing

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    White America is a song in which Eminem creates many contradictions to show inconsistencies in the American social structure. These contradictions are important because they reveal a critical flaw in the American society that disillusions both immigrants and natives into thinking America is a leveled playing field for capitalistic ventures. In his introduction‚ Eminem makes a contradictory comparison that later becomes apparent in the second part of the verse‚ describing America as "the stripes and

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    Songs and poems have a lot in common. They both must have a well-developed thought of what the author want to get a crossed. Some of the authors for poems will also add music to the poem to add more emotion to the poem. This is how some artists will come up with song ideas for a new song. If you take away the background music from a song the lyrics will more than likely be a poem or poem like such as a ballad. Therefore‚ poems and songs have a lot in common and will work together in multiple ways

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    In the song‚ Run the World‚ by Beyonce‚ it indicates how this song is a feminist song; it encourages women to take control of their world and not be dominated by men. Because women women are capable of so much more in this day in age. Women could perform the same tasks that men perform. For example womennow could do construction‚ bodybuilding‚ and etc. Women are evolving in different ways to keep up with men. Women has come a long way when they used to do small things such as cooking‚weaving‚ and

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    different lyrics in each song there are many similar cultural narratives that relate to the Jay Z and Hebdige readings. For example‚ culture is shown in the song “Run DMC” In the song he talks about how he loves collard greens and chicken. In Hebdibge’s reading he talks about how race‚ religion‚ and class surrounds the subculture which has a connection to this song. In Ice Cubes song‚ “Today was a Good Day” he is thanking god for another day‚ saying how he cant believe today. This song shows his community

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