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The Great Gatsby's Poetic Words

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Now, when comparing the lyrics of Rey’s song with Fitzgerald’s poetic words, two multifaceted parallels can be established, with the surface of these parallels being Lana’s opening lines: “I’ve seen the world, done it all”. Gatsby’s mere existence can reasonably be inferred from these seven words. After all, he had “invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby”, had worked as “a clam-digger and a salmon fisher”, had sailed the vast oceans on “Dan Cody’s yacht”, and had served in the “Seventh Infantry” (98, 99, 47). He had literally “done it all”, but as the lyrics are examined once more, Daisy’s life can be inferred with just as much reason. She had had “a three months’ trip to the South Seas”, had spent time in “Santa Barbara”, and had been “popular

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