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Hello and welcome to another episode of 'Poetic Voices '. In this episode we will be analysing the song 'Moonstruck ' by Kev Carmody. Kev Carmody is the son of an Irish father and Murri mother, who both come from a powerful oral tradition. This means that he grew up with music around him, and he still talks of the songs he was first taught through his ancestors. Carmody career in music began while he was in university, however he did not, and still doesn 't see himself as the typical "musician" the way most musicians see themselves. Now that you know about the writer, let us analyse the song.
Subject matter Moonstruck records the travel of a person at night under the moonlight. The moon is the central to the writers journey …show more content…
This language is appropriate for his subject and theme, as it connects the poem directly to Australia and magnifies the moon as central to the journey. A language feature which Carmody has used is repetition. In the last two lines of the first stanza the words 'far beyond ' are repeated twice. This reinforces the suggested idea of the full lines 'the beauty of the night goes far beyond / far beyond both time and place ' which is that he is entranced by the beauty of the evening, and has entered a dreamlike state. Repetition is also used in the last two lines of the chorus stanza. "Spirit of the moon here calls me home / Spirit of the moon here guides me home" this amplifies the moon as a guide and a leader of the journey. It is also the line in which the writer is most contemplative about his journey …show more content…
Personification is used in the second line of the first stanza "the sun lays down to rest". This creates the image of a calm and peaceful night, which makes the reader feel peaceful. Lines such as these and 'Satin moonbeams on my face ' relate images suggestive of calmness and stillness. Personification is also used in the second to third line of the chorus stanza. Carmody states that in spring the wattle is reborn. This creates the image of new flowers, and new life even though the flowers are not technically 'born '. 'No ones lost who finds the moon ' shows the moon as a metaphor for the healing of the landscape, and is a key line to evoke safety and leadership in the
Hello and welcome to another episode of 'Poetic Voices '. In this episode we will be analysing the song 'Moonstruck ' by Kev Carmody. Kev Carmody is the son of an Irish father and Murri mother, who both come from a powerful oral tradition. This means that he grew up with music around him, and he still talks of the songs he was first taught through his ancestors. Carmody career in music began while he was in university, however he did not, and still doesn 't see himself as the typical "musician" the way most musicians see themselves. Now that you know about the writer, let us analyse the song.
Subject matter Moonstruck records the travel of a person at night under the moonlight. The moon is the central to the writers journey …show more content…
This language is appropriate for his subject and theme, as it connects the poem directly to Australia and magnifies the moon as central to the journey. A language feature which Carmody has used is repetition. In the last two lines of the first stanza the words 'far beyond ' are repeated twice. This reinforces the suggested idea of the full lines 'the beauty of the night goes far beyond / far beyond both time and place ' which is that he is entranced by the beauty of the evening, and has entered a dreamlike state. Repetition is also used in the last two lines of the chorus stanza. "Spirit of the moon here calls me home / Spirit of the moon here guides me home" this amplifies the moon as a guide and a leader of the journey. It is also the line in which the writer is most contemplative about his journey …show more content…
Personification is used in the second line of the first stanza "the sun lays down to rest". This creates the image of a calm and peaceful night, which makes the reader feel peaceful. Lines such as these and 'Satin moonbeams on my face ' relate images suggestive of calmness and stillness. Personification is also used in the second to third line of the chorus stanza. Carmody states that in spring the wattle is reborn. This creates the image of new flowers, and new life even though the flowers are not technically 'born '. 'No ones lost who finds the moon ' shows the moon as a metaphor for the healing of the landscape, and is a key line to evoke safety and leadership in the