Song of Songs

“First things first Im’a say all the words inside my head”, Imagine Dragons created the song “Believer” and already they are beginning to put their points out there. In this song they describe many things but the main theme is that you have to stand up for yourself and to speak up. They explain this using many literary devices such as alliteration, similes, symbolism, metaphors, and repetition. The theme is first shown when stating “I’m the master of my sea” and, “Speaking my lesson from the…

Many of the songs out there have many derogatory lyrics mostly towards women, but a few out there towards the role of men. Beyonce, a prominent female artist out there and did a very popular song with millions of views about double standards on both genders, mainly men. If I were a boy was just that song where men were interpreted as the bad guys and the girls are taken advantage of. The representation of the male gender is negatively expressed throughout the song. Furthermore, the women,…

were more feminine. Two stories that interpret the different concepts of the code of chivalry, are The Song of Ronald and the Lancelot Story. The Song of Ronald was written down around 1100, by when the chivalry code had an absolute male entity, where the knights gave their lives to the king, and fought for honor and glory. In addition, the woman was not part of these medieval stories. In the Song of Ronald, he was the nephew of Charlemagne the great. He led the king's special guard, which was…

“Song of the Chattahoochee,” written by Sidney Lanier in 1877, is a poem where the author expresses his love for nature and values of moral duties through the view of a river. This Georgian author describes the journey a river takes as it travels downward, south of Georgia, after the unpleasant events of the Civil War. As it flows downward from the mountains to the ocean, the river faces obstacles that it overcomes and allows for it to recognize its true devotional duty it was given for life on…

The song “Loser” conveys precise and a straightforward message through singer’s personal feelings and impressions. The message in conjunction with an unusual way of expressing makes the song amusing to analyze and interpret. Relating to his audience provocatively throughout the piece of art - “Loser”, Beck has emphasizes being “adversely” different to what was perceived a norm at a time. For example, stating himself as a stagnated “monkey” while others were revolutionized “chimpanzees”…

The song “Cleopatra” by The Lumineers only an individual piece from a greater piece created by The Lumineers called “The Balled of Cleopatra”. The stories as a whole describe the life of a woman through the many options and choices she has chosen that has placed her where she is in life. The song contains many examples of pathos, demonstrating the life of a person that has lived through so much, yet continues on. An important reason as to why Ophelia believed her life turned out to as…

Comparative Analysis of The Executioner's Song - the book and the movie The Book The Executioner's Song opens without any drum rolls with simple 'declarative sentences.' Readers of Mailer claim that he seemed incapable of writing this way, until The Executioner's Song. The Executioner's Song was published in 1979. 'Gary is the career criminal and soon-to-be-double-murderer Gary Gilmore - a bad apple.' Brenda is Gary's cousin, who takes-in Gary to her home to provide him another chance ti…

hot in the spring season song. In the spring, it is gradually warm outside and the flower blooms from the Jeju island. In the song, it is already spring because the spring songs make me peaceful. Every spring, the “Cherry Blossom Ending”song record the popular chart 100 in Korea. That song has that record for 5 years. People said “This song can tell about the spring’s view when the spring and cherry blossoms disappear forever. That’s why people love this song after the really cold…

Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna come” appeals to the emotions of any listener going through a period of hardships. Being that the song was written in the mid 1960’s, it has been related to the civil rights period. The civil rights movement was a mass popular movement to secure for African Americans equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship. Although the roots of the movement go back to the 19th century, it peaked in the 1950s and 1960s. African…

a rapper known for having abstract songs that loudly express his opinion. Recently released the song “Fly” which overall is about his dislike of todays market. He explains marketing techniques and tries to voice the way the system takes advantage of the average person. He even gives personal examples saying that all his teachers told him education is the only way to make it and gives the reply “then how did I get so much in my savings”. Overall through his song Hopsin explains multiple economic…