Who Is David Bowie's 'Lazarus'?

Elvis Presley is one of the biggest names in rock and roll. Singer, musician and actor he was an American icon. He is best known as the King of Rock and Roll. His musical influence included the country and pop music of the time, the gospel music he sang in church and the black R&B music he listened to as a teenager (Comprehensive History of Elvis Presley’s Dynamic Life). Elvis has influenced American culture not only while he was living but also in today’s 21st century. It wasn’t easy for him to be accepted; in fact many adults and the older generations of his time were appalled by his performances and his music. In time though, people were able to accept him and he became well-known all over the world. Even after his death Americans are

symbolizes in the story that death will come to everyone. No one can hide, and there is no escape.

The emotions he showed was lonely, upset,sad, left-out. In the poem it says “ sometimes when i’m alone I cry because my heart is torn.” And his message was it feels like he's really trying

"He lived and he loved the songs that he wrote and the songs that he sang. He’s a man of great courage. He’s kind. He’s gentle and he has God-given talents. He chose a career he was hoping he could make a difference in. That career made a difference in

Lastly, the isolated room that the narrator stays in is a symbol. The room symbolizes a safe haven, giving the main character time to write and process many

One of the most influential figures in modern music to this day, Jimi Hendrix, was a complex and unusual man for his time. Being most well-known for his eccentric performances and style, both in fashion and in music, Jimi stood out in the western world 's very uniform Rock’n’Roll scene. Playing with his teeth, burning his guitar, rising to fame in a matter of weeks all contributed to his remarkable life. Jimi Hendrix’s life and rise to fame were exceptionally unordinary and extraordinarily influential. Filled with curiosities from the day he was born to his tragic drug-related death, Jimi was unusual. Accordingly, these curiosities are what makes Jimi Hendrix such a notable figure in history.

Next there is a movement to find that there is also an appeal of intelligence. "Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep" this is a biblical allusion of when the angels are telling merry that Jesus is no longer in the tomb and so on. This is an example to an appeal of intelligence because it shows us that he is not there. He is all around he is a spirit now and to open peoples minds to what might be beyond death. The poem is written in first person point of view. The use of "I am" shows significance stating that even though he is gone he doesn’t want his family to be in pain as he is always with them. Also this gives the poem a personal view on things and enables him to include his feelings and emotions. The fact that it is that he is gone and that he is with us is an overstatements and he is everywhere when he really isn’t. How can he be when he's not in person? That’s an overstatement.

This is expressed by the multiple examples of old men whom regret certain aspects of their lives and defy death even when they know their time is up. The speaker is urging his father to fight against old age and death. The meaning and subject of the poem influence the tone and mood. The tone is one of frustration and insistence. Thomas is slightly angry and demanding. His words are not a request, they are an order. The mood of the poem is is serious and solemn due to the poem focusing mainly on the issue of death. This mood and tone is created by words such as “burn”(2), “Grieved”(11) and “rage”(3) along with phrases such as “crying how bright”(7), “forked no lightning”(5), “near death”(13) and “fierce tears”(17). The insistent feeling is also created by the repetition of the lines “Do not go gentle into that good night”(1), and “Rage, rage against the dying of the light”(3). The figurative language used also affect how the meaning, tone and mood are interpreted.

I believe the solitary candle and the phrase in the nature of your eyes have significance. The solitary candle represents Bowie, along with his eyes. The execution I believe Bowie is referring is him. Possibly being executed by God, references the images of him going to heaven in the Lazarus video. Similar to Moses reconciling the end with God, perhaps similar to David Bowie? Moses said: ‘Is this the reward for the 40 years’ labor that I went through in order that [Israel] should become a holy and faithful people…? ‘ (Berkowitz and Knight, 2001)

The doors are symbolic of imagination, and he is saying to unlock one's imagination. This

My personal experience has allowed me relate to this poem on an emotional level, allowing me to interpret the literature more intimately. In this particular poem, Rankine is describing the agonizing side effects of cancer, radiation, and chemotherapy on her friend. She discusses how much the cancer has advanced: “we learn the cancer is in this friend’s bones and know it is settled” (Rankine 9). It is noticeable that this friend is at the point in her diagnosis where the cancer has spread too much to effectively battle any further.

As I researched life and death in his works, I assumed that he was fascinated with it. This belief is reflected in The Span of Life, a two-line poem that contains a whole lot of symbolism. It is the story of a dog that is too old to get up. The narrator is reminiscing of when the dog was a pup. This poem reminded me of an old man looking back on his life, wondering where all the years went. I translated these two short lines into a person's submission to life and death, accepting the fact that one must die sometime.

The first line of stanza four “Or rather-- He passed Us—“ (l. 13) demonstrates that the speaker is uncertain about her existence in the world. Now she feels that her life symbolized by the sun is passing by. She becomes chilled by the “dews” (l. 14). Lines three and four in this stanza illustrate the reason for her coldness. The speaker is attired in a light “Gown” (l. 15) and cape or “Tippet” made of “Tulle” (l. 16), which is a kind of thin, transparent, open meterial. When people die,

" I believe that the message in the poem is speaking to the writer's desire that his father resist death by any means possible, with all of his

This image represents the fusing of color and sound by the dying person’s diminishing senses. The uncertainty of the fly’s darting motions parallels her state of mind. Flying between the light and her, it seems to both signal the moment of death and represent the world that she is leaving.” The last two lines show the speakers confusion of her eyes. She is both distancing fear and revealing her detachment from life, “And then the Windows failed – and then/I could not see to see “. Which ends the poem, with her