Selina Raymond Mrs. Hildebrand English 102 29 March 2018 Literary Analysis of Savior Machine Many people do not realize how similar poetry and music are. Both poetry and music are commonly known as an outlet for artists to express their emotions. Some similarities they both have are rhythm, expression, and emotion. Through those three components is it easy for the readers to understand what the message and feelings the artist is trying to portray. In Tracy K. Smiths book “Life on Mars” she expresses many emotions through her book such as grief, praise, and solace. It is common for many artists to get inspiration or ideas from other artists. For instance, Tracy K. Smith got plenty of inspiration from songwriter David Bowie in her book called …show more content…
At the beginning of both song and poem it starts off sad, as you read about people going through hardships. The difference between them is the poem gets happy whereas the song gets more depressing as it goes on. In Tracy K. Smith’s poem she talks about a girl who was in therapy for a couple of years. When she first started she could barely look at her therapist let alone talk to him about her problems she was dealing with. After awhile she finally got used to her therapist and even laughed during some of her sessions. The only thing that the machine does in David Bowie song is stops the war and provides the people with food. Also the people in Bowies song rely on the machine without it they would die. Whereas Smith states, “Gradually it felt like a date with a friend,/Which meant it was time to end.” (lines 6-7). The girl in the poem knew that she needed help overcoming some difficulties but also knew when it was time to let go and start living her own life again. Another way that these poems differ is the connotation the savior machines have. In Smiths essay the therapist is described as a “friend” (line 6). While in David Bowie’s song he states, “So he told them his scheme for a Saviour Machine” (line 3). Which makes the readers think that the purpose for the savoir machine was to never actually help the people with their needs but to turn on them and destroy them. In the end the girl in the poem is thankful for the therapists help for letting her open up, get her words out, and grow from the challenges she faced. In the end of the song, the machine turned on the people and got bored with society being so perfected it wanted to start a war or kill of the people itself. The different outcomes in both the poem and song make a huge difference from one
Tracy K. Smith’s “Life on Mars” is a collection of poetry dealing mainly in the search for a sense of purpose and the nature of people. The books is something of an elegy as a whole with many poems pertaining to death and the author’s struggle with the loss of her father. The poems are at once poignant and gentle in tone and leave questions than can only be answered in multiple readings. The book is segmented in four parts that travel through different topics and types of poetry. The mood ranges from passionate accounts of Orwellian politics to soft recollections of a lovers embrace; throughout the book Smith brings in references to pop culture, science, and technology that incorporate seamlessly with her words.
This does not make up for the lack of other poetic elements, and the simplicity of the writing. The differences between the two pieces is still very vass. The two pieces have two totally different objectives, which makes them have different writing styles. Claire Dederer writes “Song lyrics do a fine imitation of poetry, but they’re not quite the same thing. Lyrics are a vessel, designed to hold a singer’s voice.
When I read poetry, I often tend to look first at its meaning and second at how it is written, or its form. The mistake I make when I do this is in assuming that the two are separate, when, in fact, often the meaning of poetry is supported or even defined by its form. I will discuss two poems that embody this close connection between meaning and form in their central use of imagery and repetition. One is a tribute to Janis Joplin, written in 1983 by Alice Fulton, entitled “You Can’t Rhumboogie in a Ball and Chain.” The second is a section from Walt Whitman’s 1,336-line masterpiece, “Song of Myself,” first published in 1855. The imagery in each poem differs in purpose and effect, and the rhythms, though created through repetition in both poems, are quite different as well. As I reach the end of each poem, however, I am left with a powerful human presence lingering in the words. In Fulton’s poem, that presence is the live-hard-and-die-young Janis Joplin; in Whitman’s poem, the presence created is an aspect of the poet himself.
In the story, "The View of Me From Mars," Lee K. Abott writes a story about a father and son relationship. In this story the father realizes that he isn't perfect and tries to have his son cover up his own mistake. Lee K. Abott, though being subtle, makes it known, through the characters he uses, that a person can't believe everything he sees. The author successfully enlightens the reader with his use of point of view, characterization, and theme to make the reader feel sympathy and to give the story credibility.
Poetry and music both connections amongst each other, that make each other almost identical. Musicians use poetry to write their songs and sometimes write a poetic song first without the lyrics, then add music in it to finalize the song. Both are two different but the same style of literature. The poem “Promises like Pie-Crust” has two versions to it, the poem itself and the song version, but both are almost identical.
In today’s modern view, poetry has become more than just paragraphs that rhyme at the end of each sentence. If the reader has an open mind and the ability to read in between the lines, they discover more than they have bargained for. Some poems might have stories of suffering or abuse, while others contain happy times and great joy. Regardless of what the poems contains, all poems display an expression. That very moment when the writer begins his mental journey with that pen and paper is where all feelings are let out. As poetry is continues to be written, the reader begins to see patterns within each poem. On the other hand, poems have nothing at all in common with one another. A good example of this is in two poems by a famous writer by the name of Langston Hughes. A well-known writer that still gets credit today for pomes like “ Theme for English B” and “Let American be American Again.”
For many of us, one of the most accurate and effective ways to express the feelings that really matter to us is through music. We don’t only grow to attached to songs that are catchy, but also those with lyrics that we can relate to. It is not uncommon to feel like sometimes, artists can convey the way we feel better than we could ourselves. The storybook-like lines you read at the start of this page are a collection of lyrics
In todays society poetry is all around us, we use it in music to deliver messages to the average radio listener. According to SelectUSA (The creative Media industry in the United States) The United States music industry in 2011 reached 15.2 billion dollars. With the information given a person can tell that a lot of time and money goes into music in today’s society. The music people listen to have many different elements that an average listener would not pick up. Many songs have poetic techniques that give great meaning to the song that makes the song unique. The song I Love the way you Lie by Eminem and Rihanna and the song Airplanes by B.o.B are similar in ways they use poetic devises and how the over all message of the two songs can relate to the average person that listen to the song.
The Martian is about an astronaut, Mark Watney, who gets stranded on the surface of Mars for over 500 days without anyone knowing, at first. He has to survive in the martian atmosphere by creating his own water and even growing his own plants! Mark sets out from his HAB on a rover to travel a distance to an old rover named Sojourner. He brings back Sojourner hoping to connect communication with Earth. Mark soon becomes low on supplies and needs help soon. Will Mark achieve communication with Earth and miraculously get rescued?
Poetry is very difficult to interpret because everybody has a different approach, understand, meaning and point of view. My next writer is an African Americans whose poem is” Black Art” by Amiri Baraka “Black Art”. In the poem “ Black Art “, the poem is dedicated to African American to wake up and reverse the situation , by taking control over everything . The author urges the audience to be conscious and unconscious about African-American. Amiri is saying I need to see all the hardworking of the African American not just word but reality, proof, demonstration, and action been taking. In addition, in a poem the author express his anger; frustration to the audience how he feels and the action need take
In reality, we as humans, go through sturdy trails throughout our lives. Many people find numerous things to get through whatever they’re going through. People tend to depend on some form of art such as: music, movies, dance, and so much more art related work to help with them with whatever struggle they’re facing. Morris Dickstein, author of this article, is distinguished Professor of English at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and senior fellow of the Center for the Humanities, which he founded in 1993 and directed for seven years. Within the article, Dickstein explains how a form of art helps people get through depression simply because songs, dance, and movies are inspired from natural emotions. There is an unknown
Poets often use techniques such as tone, imagery, themes, and poem structure to create a more complex view of their stance on the subject. These features can make the poem more interesting to the reader and helps to develop their story. The use of imagery in a poem can take the reader on a journey filled with sensory images that help the reader to connect with the subjects of the poems. The tone of the poem determines the mood and feelings that the reader will experience. The theme of a poem holds the true meaning and point of the poem and is explained using the above literary techniques. While “Mirror” by Sylvia Plath and “Piano” by D.H. Lawrence both contain imagery and tone to convey the poets’ common theme of the longing for the past to revive itself, the poets use different poem structures that further convey their overall message.
Music and poems tend to be more similar than most people realize. That is what I realized when I compared Kerry Levgren’s’ “Dust in the Wind” to Emily Dickens’ “Because I could not stop for Death”. The two works both indulge in the same idea. The idea of death, and that its inevitable. Although they differ slightly in tone and perspective, they both are very similar. The comparing of “Dust in the Wind” and “Because I could not stop for Death” sheds a whole new light on the ideas and meanings. The authors of both these works obviously shared very similar ideas but also differ in their way of expressing their feelings towards the subject that they are both explaining.
A theme for the martian chronicles is, don’t let the past rule the present. The meaning of this theme is what has happened, has already happened and you shouldn’t let it take over what you do now. This is a theme because in the martian chronicles there are many times that people have the chance to go on living without the past, but instead to continue in the past.
When reading or listening to poetry, the main objective for me is to feel moved. Happiness, longing, sadness are some of the feelings that can be achieved just by listening to others’ words. It is within these words that creates another world, or separates us from our own. Words all have a certain kind of attachment to them, so if used properly an author can stimulate a reader beyond belief.