In addition to the posts you’ll add to complete the Essay #2 assignment, everyone has one more post to write for the semester (missing a post? stay tuned!).
For Sunday, 5/6, please write a blog post, and comment on one other post by Wednesday, 5/9.
For this post, please choose a song and link us to the lyrics. We will be reading them aloud in class. In your post, address the following questions:
- how is this song like a poem?
- how is this song different from a poem?
- what poetic devices do you find in the song?
- what is the effect of the poetic devices?
You might also consider this larger question: are all songs poetry?
Still reading? You must need to make up a blog post. If so, here’s what you can do:
blog about a poem from our textbook that we have not discussed, and explain why it would be a good choice for a poem to write about on the final exam. Use terminology from this semester in your discussion of why this poem is well suited for an exam topic.
The song I chose is UMBRELLA by Rihanna and Jay Z. The song started off with Jay Z talking about his problems. He uses a paradox to relate that his storms -problems -have no clouds. He âfly higher that the weatherâ hence he really donât have a problem, or that he can take care of any problem he has because he anticipated and prepared by stacking his chips. Chips are things in casino that you cash in at the end as a reward or if you need more money to continue playing. To Jay Z his chip is Rihanna who will continue shine and to provided him with wealth when the clouds come.
She honors him with her loyalty when she says âyou have my heartâ to have some ones heart is to have them even if they are physically far apart. They will always be connected through time and space because of the oath she took. This oath is her contract with Jay Z. She goes on to explain that in the dark JayZ âcanât see his shiny carsâŚâ meaning that she understand that he must be able to be focused and in the light. He does not belong in the dark and thatâs when he needs her most. She pleadges that in his time of darkness she âwill be there to always shearâ and shine together.
The song is much like poetry in some aspect like the rhyming of words and the poetic devices like paradox and metaphors to represent images and to reinforce and create allusions of the music industries culture and it tells a story which would be interpreted in a superficial way or in a deep way.