Single Mothers: A Song Analysis

single women with children may have to deal with. Beginning with a dismal statement from women working in a dank factory, “At the end of the day you’re another day older, And that’s all you can say for the life of the poor…”, it then ties into a single mother named Fantine. Fantine was abandoned by her lover and was struggling to scrounge enough money to provide for her ailing daughter, who is staying with innkeepers. None of the woman favor her due to her beauty and refusal to bed the foreman, “With

Poetry Analysis Tupac Amuru Shakur or better known by his stage name 2Pac was an American rapper and actor who came to fame in the 80’s-90’s era. Both Tupac’s mother and father were active members of the “Black Panthers”. Shakur’s parents were very outspoken and tenacious individuals, although they divorced during Tupac’s younger years both of their qualities can be seen through Tupac’s words and actions. From an early age Shakur was surrounded by struggle and relatives who were imprisoned, this

in 1945. The Mother (her most famous poem) was also published in 1945. In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to ever win the Pulitzer Prize and in 1968, Brooks was appointed the Poet Laureate of Illinois. The themes of this analysis are: Guilt, Blame, Mourning, and Regret The mother is an anti-abortion poem by Gwendolyn Brooks. It mourns the loss of children aborted because of the poverty of the mother (www.enotes.com). Brooks first speaks to the mothers who

The song “Feel like a number” by Bob Seger is about how as people we shouldn’t be known by just a number. We work very hard for the government and deserve some type of respect in return. While reading the lyrics for the first time I easily caught on to what Seger was trying to say, the lyrics were basically self-explanatory. “I take my card and I stand in line to make a buck I work overtime” these lyrics reminded me of myself a hard-working full time student with a part time job on the weekends that

An Analysis of “The Harper Valley P.T.A.” Alesha Brown Each decade comes with a new set of values, morals, and judgements. The 1960’s was the start of the breakdown of carried-on norms. The younger generations were aggressively expressing themselves with promiscuous clothing, hippy music, and ideas of new freedoms for genders and race. “The Harper Valley P.T.A.” is a narrative song written by Tom Hall to make a statement about the growing display of hypocrisy in small towns. Hall wrote the

hip-hop is known for its violent, masculine, and often, misogynistic lyrics, "Dear Mama" (1995), the first single from Tupac Shakur's album, Me Against the World (1995), can be considered to be a modern ode. Tupac Shakur, also known as 2Pac, one of hip-hop's most influential rappers, intended to pay homage to his mother through this song and frequently referenced it in many of his later songs. "Dear Mama" (1995) contains many elements that allow its lyrics to be analyzed from a literary perspective

taken out of a love song, right? Truth of the matter is that love songs influence young culture on how love should feel and create this stereotype that love is nothing but a moment filled with passion and desires. But reality is that’s not always the case and these songs set up unrealistic measures such as, a passionate moment or falling in love solely on physical attraction; and if you don’t achieve that moment or are not attracted in that instant then you’re not in

Sitting in my living room next to my perfectly decorated tree and “Baby it’s cold outside” by Frank Loesser popped on the radio. What I always found to be a fun Christmas song has become tainted by my feministic ideals, and hatred for the rape culture that has persisted through the years. The lyrical dance of the woman saying she really should go, the man coaxing her to stay, the so very complicated line about what is in that drink. Outside the context of the 1940s these things are a veritable sexual

been established. In search of one, several categories seem to be appropriate in creating an evaluation. These categories are interest in music from a younger age, actions while in performance and how individuals react to these actions, successful song writing capabilities, and how influential the individual was to the world around them. In combination of these criterions, one artist is successful in each of the categories. This individual is Farrokh Bulsara, also known as Freddie Mercury. However

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan is related to the second wave of feminism. Betty Friedan wrote about “The Problem that has no Name.” Throughout the next few pages the analysis will be on The Feminine Mystique with particular attention on “The Problem that has no Name.” In the 1960s it was uncommon for the women of the time to hold a job and raise a family. Betty Friedan worked until she was pregnant, which she was fired for, and then continued to write freelance for journals and newspapers