Song Essays

A major target of Blake’s in the conquest to correct the unnatural state of society was that of religion and the Church. Blake was an unconventional Christian. Although clearly religious, as seen in poems such as ‘The Lamb’ and ‘Night’, he abhorred the concept of organised religion and believed it …

It is the natural assumption that fictional work is generally more powerful in presenting emotions and events than real work, as the writer of fiction is able to exercise an element of ‘poetic license’ to emphasise certain points. Imagination is far more flexible and easier to mould than reality, so …

Patti Smith’s song “25th Floor” is a song about the rigid structure of society. In the beginning of the song, the ladies’ room has lost electricity, so they explore the men’s room, at which she says “we don’t give a shit,” which means that they don’t care what others think …

The lyrics to “Wild Horses” are deceptively simple.  The refrain sets up a simple metaphor – wild horses could not drag the narrator away from his love and their situation.  However, at the end of the song, the narrator says “Wild horses, we’ll ride them someday”, acknowledging that the phrase …

Prostitutes played an important and necessary role in Southern Song Society. Confucian scholars who dominated the civil service saw them as excesses and blights upon society’s morals. Buddhists also despised them for tempting men to live hedonistic lives. Other women considered them threats and rivals for the affection of their …

            Both Kitagawa Utamoro’s “Girl Powdering her Neck” and interpretive poem by Cathy Song by Kitagawa Utamaro are very beautiful and more than capable of “standing on their own”.  Taken together the effect is both natural and intensely powerful.  The result is like looking at a photograph of a clear …

I’m at a classroom trying to solve this math problem given by you. Where should I go now can you help me, I cannot take this anymore. Yeah, I, I know its hard to remember The lessons that you have taught Its even harder to picture that I can pass …

Question 1: Like Socrates and Jesus, Confucius was a teacher with disciples who had some trouble understanding the import of his words. Why did these masters simply not say what they meant?             Confucius as well as other great teachers chose not to spoon-feed their disciples with their teachings. Instead, …

Although countless books about the story of King Arthur have been written, Robert Leeson has managed to give us something new in his book, The Song of Arthur, something that definitely makes it worthwhile to enjoy Arthur’s story once again. The Song of Arthur is a collection of stories about …

             “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” begins with an overtly ironic gesture— the titular provocation stymied by an opening quotation from Dante’s “Inferno.” This irony poses an immediate thematic tension between the ideal (a “love song”) and the “damned” (the ensuing lines from Dante). The irony also propels …