Aitor Casal

Poem and Song

Casal Vidal Aitor 28/02/2013

Table of Contens 1.Romance (Edgar Allan Poe)……………….………………………………………………………………………2 2.Analysis and photo……….…………………………………………………………………………………………..3 3.Starman (David Bowie)………………………………………………………………………………………………4 4.Photo and contents…………………………………………………………………………………………………..5

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Romance Romance, who loves to nod and sing, 8A With drowsy head and folded wing, 8A Among the green leaves as they shake 8B Far down within some shadowy lake, 9B To me a painted paroquet 8C Hath been a most familiar bird 8D Taught me my alphabet to say 8C To lisp my very earliest word 8D While in the wild wood I did lie, 8E A child with a most knowing eye.

8E Of late, eternal Condor years So shake the very Heaven on high With tumult as they thunder by, I have no time for idle cares Through gazing on the unquiet sky.

And when an hour with calmer wings Its down upon my spirit flings That little time with lyre and rhyme To while away forbidden things!

My heart would feel to be a crime Unless it trembled with the strings.

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Analysis: The poem was written in 1929. But the period hasn’t any influence in the poem.

The title of the poem is descriptive it gives an idea of the nature of the poem. The poem has got two stanzas. The first stanza has ten lines and the second one has eleven lines. I think that the poem hasn’t got a concrete structure but a free structure.

The rhyme is internal and it doesn’t correspond to a specific poetic form.

The verbs of the poem are in active form.

The poet uses very few punctuation, this makes that the poem has rhythm The speaker is the poet because is in the first person. The poem is about the feelings of the poet because sentiments are a typical person characteristic.

The poem is about the love that a person feels for another person. Using a bird as metaphor of love. In the first stanza, the bird is a small paroquet but in the second stanza the bird is a big condor because the love is very big. .

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Starman Goodbye love Didn't know what time it was the lights were low oh how I leaned back on my radio oh oh Some cat was layin down some rock n roll lotta soul, he said Then the loud sound did seem to fade a ade Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase ha hase That werent no d.j. that was hazy cosmic jive There's a starman waiting in the sky Hed like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds There's a starman waiting in the sky Hes told us not to blow it Cause he knows it's all worthwhile He told me: Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie I had to phone someone so I picked on you ho ho Hey, that's far out so you heard him too! o o Switch on the tv we may pick him up on channel two Look out your window I can see his light a ight If we can sparkle he may land tonight a ight Don't tell your poppa or hell get us locked up in fright There's a starman waiting in the sky Hed like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds There's a starman waiting in the sky Hes told us not to blow it Cause he knows it's all worthwhile He told me: Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie Starman waiting in the sky Hed like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds There's a starman waiting in the sky Hes told us not to blow it Cause he knows it's all worthwhile He told me: Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie

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Contents: The song is about a man that is listening listens to the radio when a starman communicates with him. The starman wants to connect with humans but he is scared of their reactions.

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