Pastoral

Pastoral poems are about how the country side is the perfect place to be. They describe it as a utopia; this is a common theme throughout the multiple themes. There are four different themes that one can write a pastoral poem about. The first one is love and seduction. When writing about this theme the poet is directly addressing someone they want to be with. The second theme is the value of poetry in which the poet describes how valuable a poem can be. The third theme is about death and mourning in which the poet writes about a loves one they have lost and how they are dealing with it. The last theme, which is the one I will be focusing on with my poem, is the corruption of the city in the country life. In which the poet addresses how the city is corrupt and not good for the perfect country life. Here is a list of a couple of poets that have written Pastoral poems; Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Ralegh, and Mary Herbert. In my pastoral poem, The Beautiful Green Backwoods, I used three literary devices, simile, personification and allusion. The first literary device I used was personification which is when you give an inanimate object human like qualities. In the second stanza I say that The radio roaring here I have given the radio the ability to roar like when we scream. This is personification because a radio cant really roar it can only have the volume on very loudly. An allusion is when there is a brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art or mythological situation or character. In the second stanza I allude to the song Boys 'round Here", by Blake Shelton because in this song he describes how the country life is the best place and how they do not let the city change their values. This is why I also alluded to Maroon 5, because they are a very popular band, something that not many people that live in the country would listen to. The last literary device I use was a simile in which a direct comparison of two unlike things using like or as. In the second stanza Or how Justin Bieber is like King Kong, I have compared a human being, Justin Bieber, to having the strength of King Kong which is very unlikely because not only is King Kong a mythical creature but is enormously tall and strong.

The Beautiful Green Backwoods

Out by the crystal clear river, Out by the backwoods mountains, The green full of life mountains, You see four wheel trucks come to life, Come to life on the freshly cut grass, The radio roaring with the "Boys 'round Here", Men with their ice cold beers, They don't talk about "Maroon 5", Or how Justin Bieber is like King Kong, Big and powerful (ha!) They stay in the green backwoods, Enjoy the smell of the fresh cut grass, Admire the crystal clear river, with their four wheels and ice cold beer, the backwoods is the place to be.

Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem is more commonly known as seize the day. What this means is that we should enjoy life and its freedom while we still have it. If we dont enjoy it now we will just let it pass us. Carpe Diem is about enjoying what each moment in life has to offer and recognizing how powerful and valuable life is. This style of poetry also touches upon how fast life goes by which is why we should appreciate each moment. Carpe Diem is like a modern day YOLO. Some well know poets that have written Carpe Diem poems consist of Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman. In my Carpe Diem poem, Music the Powerful, I use two literary devices, metaphors and allusion. A metaphor is a direct comparison between two unlike things where one become the other. In the first line of stanza number three, My music is a lion, I am saying that my music has now become the lion. These are two unlike things because music we listen for pleasure and a lion is extremely dangerous. The other literary device I use is allusion in the fourth stanza. Allusion is when there is a brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art or mythological situation or character. In my fourth stanza I make three allusions to three different songs in order to show how music makes me want to do crazy things. The three allusions were Scream & Shout by Will.I.Am and Britney Spears, Like Nobody's Around by Big Time Rush and Whip My Hair by Willow Smith.

Music the powerful

While I walk I listen to music, When I'm happy I listen to music, When I'm bored I listen to music, Time goes by and music never dies, It makes me want to fly, I enjoy what music has is offering now, I just let it take over, Because what's here today might be gone tomorrow, My music is a lion, Strong and loud and seeking prey, I don't put up a fight, I just give in, My music makes me want to scream & shout, Dance like nobody's around, People can stare, I don't care, I'll whip my hair My music makes me dance, And I will tell music take over my body, Seep slowly so softly and steadily All through my veins Like its my last day.

American Romantics
American Romanticism has two different points of view, positive and negative. The pessimistic point of view revolves around being lonely, isolated, and strong sense of being trapped. The pessimistic view deals a lot with the sense of loss, nighttime, and is obsessed with death. This is also the opposite of a pastoral poem because nature becomes a place of loneliness. Edger Allen Poe is a well know pessimistic American Romanticism poet. On the optimistic side, we celebrate individual and make the body and soul become one. Here everything in nature is important bec ause the presence of mans soul is seen I nature and the world is always in the process of recreating itself. Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are well known for writing optimistic American Romanticism poems. In my poem, The Music in Me, I used two literary devices, synesthesia and metaphor. Synesthesia is the blending of intermingling of different senses in description, a cross-sensory description. The two senses I mixed were sound and feeling, The music is heavy, in the first stanza. Here I am saying that the sound is physically heavy in weigh; this would be considered synesthesia because I am mixing two senses. A metaphor is a direct comparison between two unlike things where one become the other. In the second stanza I say, My body is the music, in which I am comparing my body to be an actual sound and saying that it is the music.

The Music in Me
I stand so still on stage sore sight I see eyes, I look down, The music comes on and we are now one, The music is heavy, And the wind guides me, My body is the music, With every move I make, Every breath I take, I create a beat, I dance my heart out, And leave it on the stage, Opinions are no longer needed, I did what I like, That is enough, I know what's best for me, And being the music is in me

Odes
An ode in Greek means tossing and chanting which usually was accompanied by music in dance in the past. An ode is dedicated to someone or something. It often celebrates a person, place, thing or an idea and praises them. Odes are commonly referred to as celebratory poems and Walt Whitman, Pablo Nerunda, and Beethoven are well known for written odes. In both, Odes to Earbuds and Ode to my iPod I used the literary devices of apostrophe and hyperbole. An apostrophe is when the author is speaking directly to a real or imagined listener or inanimate object, addressing the person or thing by name. In Ode to Earbuds I am directly talking to my earbuds throughout the entire poem telling them how much I love them and what they have done for me. In Ode to my iPod I do the same thing, I address my iPod and tell it thank you for always having my music in hand. A hyperbole is when the author intentionally exaggerates in order to add an effect. In Ode to Earbuds I say that if I did not have them I would just die is an exaggeration because the only way I would die would be if I stopped breathing. I exaggerated in order to prove my point of how important my earbuds are to me. In Ode to my iPod I say you have my life to my iPod, this is an exaggeration because I am the only one who has my life. I exaggerated to show how much my life revolves around music. In Ode to my iPod I also use personification, in which I have my iPod (an inanimate object) the ability to hold my homework. This is personification because I reality only humans can hold something, my iPod only contains files.

Ode to Earbuds
O earbuds how I love thee I would be lost if it weren't for you, I would just die, You give me music, Music keeps me alive, When I'm hurt it heals me, O earbuds how I love thee, You make me want to dance, You allow me to express myself, You are the only one who listens to me, O earbuds how I love thee, You connect me to millions, You let them sing to me and only me, Sing softly sweet sound song, O earbuds how I love thee.

Ode to my iPod
O iPod you are amazing, You hold my homework, You have my contacts, But most important you hold my music, O iPod you have my life, My melodies, My beats, My lyrics, My music, O iPod you hold eclectic amounts of music, Country tunes, And pop tunes, You make me sing to death, O iPod I have become a bafoon, A bafoon for your tunes, I would die without you, O iPod I love you. (75)

Lyric
A lyric poem is a Greek root for sung, which is similar to an Ode. The difference is that a lyric is not meant to be sung but spoken. Lyric poems are written in the first person point of view and are in the present tense. A lyric must express personal feelings in order to evoke emotion to the reader. William Shakespeare, Pablo Neruda, and Robert Graves are some well-known lyric poets. In Feeling the Music I used two literary devices, oxymoron and metonymy. An oxymoron is a combination of word that appears to contradict each other. In the last line of the second stanza I use an oxymoron, To hear their loud whispers. This is an oxymoron because a whisper is meant to be in a very low tone of voice and saying that it was loud contradicts the whisper. The other literary device I used was metonymy which is a figure of speech in which a person, place or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it. In the first line of the second stanza I use metonymy, I lend them my ears. I cant physically take off my ears and give them to the music. Here I am saying I am listening to what they have to say this is represented by me lending my ears.

Feeling the music

I can feel it So soft and comfortable, The soft touch takes me home, It hugs me and I don't want to let go, I begin to smile and blush, They are singing the words I want to hear, I lend them my ears Without any fear, To hear their loud whispers, I see the beautiful music, I appears in an elegant manner, With a guitar outside my window, Now it has come to life, It asks me to dance, I can't say no, We are dancing and it smells so sweet, We dance slow all around the room, The music looks in to my eyes and says "I'm in L-O-V-E" I am now content, I feel the music in me.