Lyrical Ballads

sophisticated use of language in her poetry provides insight into why her poems are both engaging and highly valued. Rossetti’s works are highly acclaimed by many modern critics as innovative for her time, due to her commentary on Victorian society and her lyrical gift. She explores many thematic concerns that maintain relevancy in present-day society, including the corrupting influences of the world; the inconstancy of romantic love; and the exploitation and objectification of women by men. By…

The genius of the ingenious New York city-based jazz trio The Bad Plus can be heard again on their twelfth studio album entitled “It’s Hard”, a collection of covers that originally inhabited the pop, rock, country, jazz, and electronic music universes. Its concept contrasts with the last year’s mandatory album, “The Bad Plus Joshua Redman”, whose tracks were composed by the members of the quartet. The album opens with “Maps”, an original song by the American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs,…

this is my stay/ I see no more than may suffice/ I press to bear no haughty sway/ Look what I lack my mind supplies/ Lo, thus I triumph like a king / Contented with that my mind doth bring”. Genre The genre of the poem is poetry and sub-genre is lyrical poem as when we can see the speaker is talking of his feelings in the text. Literary…

“Here comes those eyes… There goes my ability to breath. Those legs are walking her to me! Tell me I ain’t dreaming… Here comes that smile…,” drifted the words of the song lazily through the air from the wimpy speakers of my battered phone, prompting me to perk up and tune in to the playful music of Chris Rice. The upbeat, yet somehow still quite mellow tune, was incredibly catchy. Musically the song was interesting; it was full of groovy pauses and a soothing, pulsing rhythmic guitar that gave…

which is also accurate when describing Sonny Rollins’ contributions to the jazz world. Sonny Rollins, himself, was knowns as the “Saxophone Colossus” back in 1956, and has been compared to Coleman Hawkins with his strong, intense notes combined with lyrical freedom and genius. Saxophone Colossus, recorded in June of 1956, and released in April of 1957, was one of Rollins’ most widely known albums recorded under the label of Prestige Records. Saxophone Colossus consists of five tunes, three of…

Mariella Nobile Professor Patterson English-106-96 9 February 2015 I want you to stay The first time I have ever heard Rihanna’s music was on the radio back in 2005. Her first debut single called “Pon de Replay" blared through the car speakers. Her first single was a major dance hall hit and I immediately fell in love with the song. I thought to myself, I never heard of this girl Rihanna before. I began listening to more of her music and bought all her albums. Her music just sucked me…

eavesdropping on this private conversation, is actually an invitation to participate. “Closer To Believing”, written by Peter Sinfield and Greg Lake, a track from Greg Lake 's side of the Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s, Works, Volume 1 album, is a tender ballad that is almost whispered. Greg Lake has said in interviews about his songs that when he is writing them, they are very personal and belong only to him, but once he records the song, it belongs to everybody, which is the reason he does not…

The cultural period known as “Romanticism” arose at the end of the eighteenth and was characterized by radical changes in intellectual, artistic, and social patterns. It is generally understood as concluding in the early nineteenth century. It reflected revolutions in America and France, but also England in the form of the Industrial revolution. These dramatic changes in the world were mirrored, in turn, by significant developments in poetry, prose, and fiction. Although it may be said that…

involved using harsh chemicals, such as DDT, to control insect infestation in crops. Wills (2013) explains how Mitchell wrote about “DDTs” in her lyrics as a form of “environmental ballad” in the protest of the use of chemicals/pesticides in industrial farming: “Mitchell penned “Big Yellow Taxi” (1970), an environmental ballad. Mitchell dedicated one stanza to DDT, reflecting the pivotal position of pesticides to modern environmental consciousness” (Wills 112). This is one example of the…

art profession is the poet, we fail to shed light on those who have inspired others in being great, and those who begin a new movement for others to follow. Those would be writers giving rappers a hand on how to interact with other emotions through lyrical specimens. The most important aspects of poetry are Lyric, Narrative, and Descriptive poems. Lyric poetry is any poem with one speaker who expresses strong thoughts and feelings , most modern poems are lyric poems. Lyric poems also contain…