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“No Church in the Wild” by Kanye, feat. Jay-z and Frank Ocean

The song that I had chosen is “No Church in the Wild” by Kanye West, featuring Jay-Z and Frank Ocean. The lyrics to the song are just like a poem. The use of diction, connotation, rhyme scheme, image and assonance … Continue reading

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“Behind Grandma’s House” by Gary Soto

This Chapter 6 poem would make a very good fit for our final. What sticks out the most about it is how I think everyone can relate to the premise of the poem. In Soto’s poem, the 10 year old speaker … Continue reading

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“I shot the Sheriff” by Bob Marley

  Sorry for the late post, my internet was down for the weekend. I chose this song because it is a song that I could always play when I need something to relax me.  Bob Marley is one of my … Continue reading

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“Mirror” by Lil Wayne ft Bruno Mars

The song that I have chosen to write about is “Mirror” by Lil Wayne ft Bruno Mars. I firmly believe that this song is a poem because of the any poetic attributes that it possesses. This song, like many poems, … Continue reading

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“Climax” by Usher

I randomly chose this song without any thought because I believe all songs are poetic in nature. “Climax” by Usher is like a poem because it has (as most songs do) rhythm. This rhythm is achieved by the recurrence of … Continue reading

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“Until We Bleed” Kleerup ft. Lykke Li

The song I chose is “Until We Bleed” by Kleerup featuring Lykke Li. It’s a song about a doomed relationship that both partners can’t find themselves walking away from. It has shown it’s fatal consequences more than once but still … Continue reading

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Pragmatist by Edmund Conti

Apocalypse soon Coming our way Ground zero at noon Halve a nice day. This poem is a very short and interesting poem. This poem would be a good poem to write about on the final exam because if you go … Continue reading

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How to love by lil wayne

The song is how to love by lil Wayne. This song is more like a poem in many different ways.  The way that the rapper (lil Wayne) sang the lyrics of the song makes it more like a poem.  The … Continue reading

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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot

First impressions: LOVE:romantic, beautiful, happy–or it can sad, gloomy, harsh EXPRESSIVE SONG: smoothness in word choice, flow, something about the sound/rhythm of it should be like a song LOVE SONG: lots of metaphors, esp grand metaphors After listening to the … Continue reading

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Water, is taught by thirst

Reading Emily Dickinson’s poem is very interesting and confusing. Almost every line or every two lines seems to have subliminal messages. Each poem seems riddled in very specific metaphors. Without defining every word and figuring which specific definition she applied … Continue reading

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