Lyrd Skynyrd's Song 'Freebird'

Nevertheless, in the poem ‘Nesting time’, Stewart interprets a personal experience in first person of the appearance of a bird that lands upon his daughter and forgets the thought of the harsh world. Stewart’s descriptive language repeatedly explains the poem as if seen in his viewpoint, beginning with an interjection, ‘oh’ communicating of his incredulity of an ‘absurd’ bird. Symbolizing the bird with strong coloured imagery its ‘mossy green, sunlit’, described to be bright and joyful, with sweetness shown with the type of bird, ‘honey-eater’, Douglas Stewart takes the time to describe its admiration juxtaposed to the dangerous world surrounding it. While visualizing the birds actions, ‘pick-pick-pick’ of alliteration and repetition of its

The writer makes use of diction to express his feelings towards the literary work and to set the dramatic tone of the poem. Throughout the poem, there is repetition of the word “I”, which shows the narrator’s individual feeling of change in the heart, as he experiences the sight of hundreds of birds fly across the October sky. As the speaker effortlessly recounts the story, it is revealed how deeply personal it is to him. Updike applies the words “flock” and “bird” repetitively to the poem, considering the whole poem is about the sight of seeing so many birds and the effect this has on a person. When the speaker first sees the flock of birds in lines 8-10, alliteration is applied to draw attention to what the narrator is witnessing. In line 29, Updike

Since the beginning of time human beings have had a fascination with human flight. As one watches a bird soar through the air they cannot help but desire that same capability. Imagine the point of view of the world from the bird that flies amoung the mountains, high above the trees, over the ocean and far away from the clamor of everyday life on the ground. To have the freedom and power to release ones self from the tribulations experienced with two feet on the ground, and spring up and away into the peaceful, blue sky, is a common human desire. Since ancient times, flight has represented the opportunity to free ones self from the chains of oppression. This theme of flight is exemplified in the novel Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison. In

The whole second half of the poem is one giant extended metaphor!  Wilbur compares the difficulties of growing up those of an ‘iridescent creature’ – a ‘dazed starling’ that in spite of difficulties, ultimately flies free.  It serves as a metaphor for life’s ups and downs.

portray the early life of Ernesto Galarza, it also does a tremendous job of capturing the essence of

For my final paper, I chose to do “Taxman”, by the Beatles, from the album Revolver. The reason for my selection was because of the background that it had to offer. George Harrison composed this track, as a way to express his anger towards the British government, and their reasoning for taking more than half his profit, in tax. My interpretation of the song, was pretty much what George Harrison explained, I felt that the song was upbeat, but the lyrics expressed a lot of anger, and questioning of Mr. Heath’s, and Mr. Wilson’s actions.

During Syds last moments with the band he was not all there. After an overdose on LSD Syd would begin to spiral out of control. While writing this song I believe the clear focus was on Syd. “If the dam break open many years too soon, and if there is no room upon the hill” relates to if they get popular and there no room for Syd to be there with them. Next, they sing “i'll see you on the dark side of the moon” which is their way of saying i'll see you on the other side. The song also hints towards the madness that is Syd. “The lunatic is in my head” seems to be a hint of schizophrenia. This becomes very clear it is when he says “there’s someone in my head but it's not me”. Syds schizophrenia has had an everlasting effect on pink floyd. Shortly after, another shout out to Syd comes out in the lyrics “if the band you're in starts playing different tunes, i’ll see you on the dark side of the moon”. This relates to the different style they started playing while Syd was out of the band. T hey played similar songs, but more appropriate for radio and to relate to people on an individual level. Live performances change from never playing a song on the album to playing the whole album during the

Her first line reveals that the following emotional breakdown is a result of standing by as an opportunity comes and goes (Jones qtd. in Kimbrough). Jones wishes that she could go back and make a different decision, but it is too late. The speaker proceeds to lament the missed chance with a lover, her regret made evident in the repeated line, “ I don’t know why I didn’t come” (Jones qtd. in Kimbrough). Presented simultaneously with the text, the song strengthens the idea that failing to take action leads to sorrow.

“Ink smeared like bird prints in snow” is the first simile that appears in the poem and serves multiple purposes. The most obvious one is the creation of imagery, where it compares the black words the persona writes on paper to the bird’s foot prints that are left behind when a bird walks on snow. The imagery alludes that the persona will leave a “footprint” in the form of a note that people can use to trace her path but she will never be there anymore. From line thirty-six to forty, the poet creates another imagery of a sparrow (a tiny and a delicate bird) flying in windy snowing weather. The sparrow is dizzied and sullied by the violent wind; it encounters a lot of difficulties and fear. In this imagery, the persona compares herself with the delicate bird. She compares the challenges that the sparrow goes through to the suffering she encounters relating to her parents.

The story of my life would be titled Songbird. This is a nickname that has been given to me over the years. I believe its symbolic for me because my life is constantly carried through music. The saying "when words fail, music speaks", could not apply more perfectly than it does here. The other reason I would choose this title is because birds have the ability to fly away instead of feeling solidly planted.

Through the story of an innocent bird in “How Sweet I Roam'd,” William Blake shows how abruptly one can lose their innocence. Such an event can happen over time without the person noticing. Blake's poem portrays the loss of innocence through each stanza, showing how it progressed with every new line. The bird did not notice it was losing it's innocence until it had been captured. At this point, they had no choice but to remember when they were free. Progression into adulthood is similar to what William Blake write about in his poem. One doesn't realize that most of their carefree days are gone until they reach adulthood. Blake uses imagery, symbolism, and tone, to represent how easily and quickly innocence can be lost.

till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky”. This shows that the free bird is brave and daring to claim the sky. When free bird dares to claim the sky shows that at first it was hesitant to go into the sky but then it stood up and became brave and soared. In stanza 5 it states “But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing”. This shows that the caged bird wants to be heard and be set free but to be free it has to untie its feet which most likely refers to how it

The poem is about the vulnerability, innermost torment and the suppression of an emotional and fragile personality symbolized through the image of a Bluebird hidden inside the speakers mind.

The mood of “Caged Bird” changes drastically from stanza to stanza. Angelou’s specific diction choices help to reflect the change from being positive to negative with some elements of hope involved. The parts of the poem involving the free bird provide the reader with a feeling of self government.In contrast, the mood associated with the caged bird is confinment. Despite the negative mood tied to the caged bird there are still elements of hope woven into these stanzas.

Unlike the era before this, regionalism, this poem does not focus on a restricted area or culture. It is simply giving a description of a bird, which also could be looked at metaphorically, but nothing more. The modernism era did not particularly focus on a main subject. It mostly just focused on the interior dialogue and its unique characteristics.