Ballads

Folk Music – Pete Seeger Many throughout the years have shaped folk music, however, one of the most well known folk singers was a man named Pete Seeger. As a multi-instrumentalist, Seeger played the Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Recorder, and the Tin Whistle. However, Seeger also did more than play music. He was also participated in activism of all kinds. He was born in New York City on May 3rd, 1919. He grew up in a household surrounded by music because both his mother and father were…

“Life is Fine” by Langston Hughes is a ballad poem that is written in an A-B-C-B form.. In, the poem, Langston Hughes talks about how he was thinking about committing suicide , but ended up backing out. He wants to commit suicide, but doesn’t. Langston Hughes uses situational irony to show us that he thinks about killing himself, but ends up not killing himself. He says in the poem “But it was cold in the water”, which shows us that he changes his mind about killing himself. He doesn’t…

the characters. One of the focal subjects of Beowulf, epitomized by its title character, is dependability. At each progression of his profession, dependability is Beowulf's directing goodness. Beowulf embodies the qualities of the ideal legend. The ballad investigates his valor in two separate stages—youth and age—and through three discrete and progressively troublesome clashes—with Grendel, Grendel's mom, and the monster. In spite of the fact that we can see these three experiences as…

Favorite word and why My favorite word is tintinnabulation. The word, while a mouthful, comes from my favorite poem of all time Edgar Allan Poe's "The Bells." Residing in the first stanza, Poe created the word to describe the lingering sound a bell would make after it was struck. The entirety of the poem is based solely on onomatopoetic words relating to bells and the different sounds bells make depending on what material they are made out of. Poe uses different bells to represent different…

Repetition in Annabel Lee Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates repetition in his poem Annabel Lee. He repeats with emphasis that Annabel Lee was beautiful and his. He repeats the phrase kingdom by the sea. Using the repetition, he creates tension in order to build for a better ending. All of this comes together to create a theme of obsession. He uses the phrase “my beautiful Annabel lee” throughout the poem stressing the fact that he was so madly in love with this woman. His repetition creates a…

the record for most weeks at Billboards number one spot (16) (knocked Elvis off the top). Also has songs tied for the second and third most weeks at the number one spot (14 and 13). They were a quartet. The group described above is known for their ballads and acapella harmony. Give up? The group consisted of two tenors, Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman, a baritone,…

scandalous, however reflecting none of the strength she exhibited in the first encounter. Most of the media sources concluded reporting on her prior to her return to Ireland, so most did not track the story to her marriage. The other media on her, the ballad, broadside, autobiography and Ladies’ Magazine all did not mention it. The articles that did discuss her marriage did so with a flair for the dramatic, focused on the scandal of her rescue while her husband was not even named. Thornton was…

Wilfred Owen, an esteemed poet, used his experiences in the trenches of France during World War One as a basis for the skilfully crafted text, “Dulce et Decorum Est”. Owens purpose, to condemn the disillusioned and glorified ideals that that it is honourable and sweet to die for one’s nation, and instead expose wars ‘real nature’, is achieved through the utilisation of various poetic devices, including powerful imagery, harsh sounds, tone and the manipulation of structure. By establishing a…

In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice loss is portrayed in various different ways. The character Shylock, who does not have much to begin with, suffers numerous losses as the play progresses. Some of the losses he experiences are also experienced by the characters in the poems. The character Shylock is constantly dehumanised by the other characters as he was a Jew in a predominantly Christian society, this also happens in the poem ‘Refugee Blues’ by W.H. Auden, which is a poem written in the voice…

I found myself looking and searching for songs from the 1900 through the 1953 period and something told me to go to Nat King Cole music because I really enjoyed his music the first time the class had to write about him and other artist. So, I'm going through most of Nat King Cole songs and fell in love with "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons". Nat King Cole is the definition of Popular Singers and Popular Songwriting with the same use in the song "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons", he use in…