The same image can mean so many different things for many people. People analyze imagery from their own perspective, perception and life experiences. For some an image may trigger emotions that it may not for someone else. People reflect on images and try to relate. The song lyrics that mean so much to a person may be because they went through a similar experience or remember exactly what they were doing the first time that song played, etc.
A quote from an assigned poem:
Poetry Should Ride the Bus (pg.847)
"poetry should hopscotch in a polka dot dress
wheel cartwheels
n hold your hand
when you walk past the yellow crackhouse..."
This image described in this poem here makes me feel like the author, Ruth Forman, is describing poetry as a comfort blanket. That poetry should be written in a way that is smooth and easy to read. As well as soothing for those harder times in you life, or scary times.
Quote from a song:
'Car Radio by twenty one pilots:
Sometimes quiet is violent
I find it hard to hide it
My pride is no longer inside
It's on my sleeve
My skin will scream reminding me of
Who I killed inside my dream
I hate this car that I'm driving
There's no hiding for me
I'm forced to deal with what I feel
There is no distraction to mask what is real
I could pull the steering wheel"
Twenty one pilots is one of my favorite bands, and their song car radio I love to listen to. The verse of lyrics that I am using are talking about how with out the radio, all of the thoughts can be drowned out. This imagery has a deep meaning because it shows that when you don't have a distraction sometimes it is hard to not go down the rabbit hole of your own thoughts. I can relate to this because when I am stressed of going through some hard times, music saves me from myself. I don't mean that in a dark way, I mean that in a way where it relaxes me and brings me back to a calmer state.
A quote from an assigned poem:
Poetry Should Ride the Bus (pg.847)
"poetry should hopscotch in a polka dot dress
wheel cartwheels
n hold your hand
when you walk past the yellow crackhouse..."
This image described in this poem here makes me feel like the author, Ruth Forman, is describing poetry as a comfort blanket. That poetry should be written in a way that is smooth and easy to read. As well as soothing for those harder times in you life, or scary times.
Quote from a song:
'Car Radio by twenty one pilots:
Sometimes quiet is violent
I find it hard to hide it
My pride is no longer inside
It's on my sleeve
My skin will scream reminding me of
Who I killed inside my dream
I hate this car that I'm driving
There's no hiding for me
I'm forced to deal with what I feel
There is no distraction to mask what is real
I could pull the steering wheel"
Twenty one pilots is one of my favorite bands, and their song car radio I love to listen to. The verse of lyrics that I am using are talking about how with out the radio, all of the thoughts can be drowned out. This imagery has a deep meaning because it shows that when you don't have a distraction sometimes it is hard to not go down the rabbit hole of your own thoughts. I can relate to this because when I am stressed of going through some hard times, music saves me from myself. I don't mean that in a dark way, I mean that in a way where it relaxes me and brings me back to a calmer state.
Great examples!! I agree that perception is based off of experiences and how a person already views certain things.
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