Please note that the poetry analysis essay is not due on Monday. You will complete it in class on Monday as I had told you earlier in the week. However, you must bring your flashdrive to work on it in class.
REMINDER
The due date for the final sci-fi movie project is due on April 22 and the sci-fi graphic novel is due on April 29. Make sure you hand in the drafts of your scripts on the due dates specified on earlier blog postings. Scroll down to find out.
Here is the poetry analysis essay as promised. Please note that if the NYS ELA question asks you to identify and analyze the poem for about 2-3 literary devices and its use in effectively conveying a message in an essay, unless the instructions tells you to find the same 2-3 devices in both then only explain the ones you have found. Once again read the directions carefully before you do anything.
Yes, love is blind…however, it is sometimes what you do see that can also hurt you. In “Killing Me Softly” and “Grenade” the lyricists creatively and effectively use repetition, hyperbole and personification to portray strong negative emotions of heartache through anger and sadness.
Hill’s “Killing Me Softly” is a true depiction of the sadness heartache brings. The repetition of the phrase “killing me softly” in the chorus shows a gradual progression of slow and almost painful loss due to the power and strength “with his song and his words”. The phrase “strumming my pain with his fingers” beautifully personifies the effect of lightly running his fingers across the strings of her vulnerable heart. Also, the lyricist creatively uses this same phrase as a hyperbole in that “strumming” is an action used on a guitar, thus, a person’s pain cannot be strummed literally. Nonetheless, it is an action, and the action he takes to expose her weaknesses as he continues to kill her softly “telling her whole life with his words”.
Mars’ “Grenade” is a true depiction of the fierce anger heartache produces towards oneself or an individual. The phrase “black, black, black and blue” symbolizes the depth of darkness within his heart and “Mad woman, Bad woman that’s just what you are” represents the emotional scars his ex-girlfriend left on his heart and mind. The repetition of the phrase “…for ya” shows his frustration and anger of all of the things he would do for her love but she fails to reciprocate. Also, this song is full of hyperboles such as “I’d jump right in front of a train”. It is a bit of a stretch of the imagination, however, this once again shows the depths he would go for her but is irate that “she would not do the same”.
To conclude, in order to draw a reader or listener into one’s writing, a writer will strategically use a plethora of effective and creative literary devices to convey an important message or to tell a story. It is definite that these two writers have taught a relatable and sometimes true story about heartache and love.
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