Dave Mattews Band

My song utilizes the poetic devices of simile, rhyming, imagery, and repetition like that of “Mrs. Potato Head” by Melanie Martinez. Unlike the other poetic devices, only one simile can be seen, and that’s in lines 8-9. Rhyming, on the other hand, runs rampant throughout the entire piece, only leaving a few small gaps in between. While not as frequently placed, imagery can be seen in lines 2, 11, 14-15, 16-18, 20-21, and 27. Each one of these lines gives you an insight into the troublesome life of the song’s namesake, Our Guardian Angel, whose unfortunate circumstances are purposefully downplayed like that of Martinez’s character, Mrs. Potato Head. In other words, Our Guardian Angel and Mrs. Potato Head are struggling to endure the ignorance

The poem has been structured in a way which helps the reader to contrast Elvis’s life along with the relatable things going on in his life by means of effective stanzas used to convey strong emotions. The poem has been portrayed in the form of a song considering Elvis being a musician. Moreover, very short lines have been used in the poem and the lopsided rhyming of words makes it quite indicative towards rock ‘n’ roll. The form in the poem seems regular of five lines in six stanzas each. These things turn out to be quite witty because Duffy uses the southern sound of “y’all” [1] which rhymes with “rock ‘n’ roll” [5] which is directly referring to the lyrics of a song. Additionally, according to Duffy, Elvis’s imagined sister works in a garden and thus is able to hear other nuns singing the Gregorian chant. The other

The speaker uses comedic personification to lead the reader to believe that the focus of the poem is the glasses.

In the beginning stanza, the speaker’s use of personification reveals the tone of a grim and melancholy existence. “A ball will bounce, but less and less. It’s not/ A light-hearted thing, resents its own resilience./ Falling is what it loves” (lines 2-3). The speaker can be compared to the ball which begrudgingly bounces back time after time. This can be viewed as the speaker’s own perception on his stance in life. The speaker’s boredom

Throughout the poem, the author creates different tones using different types of figurative language and diction. The poet starts off the poem with the metaphor, “Although she feeds me

The humor and seemingly-comedic personification used in the poem are very different than the theme, and serve as a distraction from the speaker’s pain.

In the poem “Poem” the syntax is very interesting because of how each line is organized. The way the lines are organized gives an image of what the poem is trying to show us. The way the poem is laid out may leave some think it is awkward, but the way it is organized actually makes it more rhythmatic than it would just read out in 1 or 2 lines. When reading the poem I picture the cat climbing/walking with pauses every time the line ends. For example in lines 5-7, “first the right”(Williams 5) pause as the cat steps, “forefoot/carefully”(Williams 6-7) you can picture the cat going slowly and carefully.

To begin, in the poem “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins he wants his readers to appreciate each poem as a piece of art. He wants his readers to look at the poem and get absorbed into the emotion of the poem instead of only wondering what the poem means. He uses personification in this quote “tie the poem to a chair with rope/ and torture a confession out of it” to express what we do to poems (356). We the readers should instead pay attention to the rhyme and style of the word. We should stop worrying about the meaning of the poem. This is similar to another author style in “Poem” by William Carlos Williams he uses a cat to movements in the “jamcloset” to show his readers that we should be like the cat. The cat takes its time to get around the “jamcloset” which is what the readers should do with poetry we must take our time to look at it and appreciate each word, line and stanza.

There are many phenomenal musicians in the world, but very few as diverse and cultured as Dave Matthews. Matthews was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1967. Matthews and his family then moved two years later to Westchester County, New York, where his dad went to work for IBM. Then, in the early `70s, Matthews and his family moved to Cambridge, England, before returning to New York. It was in Cambridge where Matthews' dad died in 1977 from Hodgkin's disease. After his father's death, the family moved back to South Africa in 1980. It was here that Matthews went to a few different schools and learned more about the evils of government, there and in general.

In the first stanza(,) rhyme is used to point out the emotional state of the speakers outlook,

The rock band “Boston” is a staple of many classic rock stations’ playlists throughout the nation. They are well known for songs like: “More Than a Feeling”, “Foreplay/Longtime”, “Amanda”, “Peace of Mind”, “Don’t Look Back”, “Rock and Roll Band”, and “Smokin’” along with many other great rock songs that features founder Tom Scholz’s music writing and Brad Delps’ lyrics. It is the combined work of these two that made Boston what it is today; so it is necessary to know the history of Tom Scholz before Boston to see where the influence for Boston’s style came from.

The poem sits easily on a page and is visually satisfying, although this is in part due to the visual rhymes previously mentioned. This appearance though is false as the poems content is analysed but reinforces the theme of appearance and reality in the 4th stanza. Again, the "controlled" use of structure can be seen as adding to the poems "passion" showing a masterful combination of the two. The repetition of and permutations on the line: "my heart is breaking for a little love" is another structure that reinforces the poems meaning and show the despair that the poem communicates. The move away from the 1st person in the last two stanzas serves to provide a different perspective on the emotions discussed allowing a broader view than if the whole poem was in the first person, again this use of structure emphasises the underlying emotions.

Matt McMullen was a grunge band enthusiast, but for a paying job he made Halloween masks. His hobby was sculpting the female body. He began making molds in his garage in 1997 of dolls about a foot or two foot tall when they sold quickly he moved up to more life size styles and has been improving his dolls ever since. He’s a creepy looking dude not your normal looking entrepreneur. Full sleeve tats, black hair and piercings. Walking into his office is like a scene from Dexter there are body parts everywhere. McMullen didn’t consider this a profit making business he was just playing around, a hobby, art work. But there more they sold the more he would make, also improve he’s changed his different styles and techniques. Making the dolls lighter

The reason that I picked this song for my juxtaposition song, is because, when people listen to the song they imagine it being happy and a little boy and girl become friends going to school together, but it could also be that this little boy is being bullied and he has an imaginary friend that is there with him. Many bullies tease those who talk to imaginary people. “Walk with me, Suzy Lee. Through the park and by the

For example, “Whiskey makes my baby, feel a little frisky / Back roads are boggin’, my buddies pile up in my truck / We hunt our hunnies down, we take them into town” (lines 6-8). However, the song by Luke Combs is about someone breaking up with a guy and he ends up having the best week of his life. Some people would think he is facetious when writing this song.