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Imitation #1980's: Madonna,Like A Virgin

Like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats (after first time, with your heartbeat)
Next to mine

Gonna give you all my love, boy
My fear is fading fast
Been saving it all for you

This song performed by Madonna is a confessional in which Madonna talks about being in love. She uses the simile " Like a virgin" in which she compares falling in love to being like a virgin because its her first time being in love. You can tell that this song is directed toward her love interest because she talks about how warm he makes her feel and about hearing his heartbeat next to hers.I chose this song because i thought that comparison of her being in love for the first time to being a virgin was very interesting. I like this comparison because its easy to understand her feelings about being in love for the first time and she even goes on to say how she felt like a new person. I can make the assumption that she is happy to be in love because she is giving all her heart to this love interest similar to when a women gives all herself to her partner and loses her virginity.Also in other verses throughout her song she says plainly without any literary technique that he makes her feel good inside and she will be his to the end of time. Overall,the message of this song was easy to grasp and I enjoy both the lyrics and music to this song.

Chapter 1

In the first chapter of Hip Hop Wars by Tricia Rose the connection of hip hop music and violence is analyzed. This controversial issue examines the effect that rappers lyrics can have on their fans listeners,especially their young fans. Many people believe that while rappers talk about committing violent acts they are not just rapping but they are also influencing. This argument has also been used by both defense and prosecuting layers. I believe that this is surely a very controversial issue because there are many arguments from people who believe that rap music sends a negative message and also from people who believe rap music does not influence bad behavior in people. In my opinion, I believe that rap music that is specially focused on violence and drug use does send a negative message to its audience and therefor influences the way they think and maybe even their actions. I specifically believe that it influences young listeners because they look up to these rappers who they think are cool because they rich and famous and they think that what they rap about is also cool. Many times listeners do not stop and question the meaning behind rappers lyrics and just sing along without realizing that what they're saying is not something most people would be proud of;(murder,gang affiliation,robbery,drug use and abuse,etc.)

Imitation #1970s: Nikki Giovanni,My House

i only want to
be there to kiss you
as you want to be kissed
when you need to be kissed
where i want to kiss you
cause its my house and i plan to live in it
i really need to hug you
when i want to hug you
as you like to hug me
does this sound like a silly poem

english isn't a good language
to express emotion through
mostly i imagine because people
try to speak english instead
of trying to speak through it
i don't know maybe it is
a silly poem
i'm saying it's my house
and i'll make fudge and call
it love and touch my lips
to the chocolate warmth
and smile at old men and call
it revolution cause what's real
is really real
and i still like men in tight
pants cause everybody has some
thing to give and more
important need something to take
and this is my house and you make me
happy
so this is your poem

In this poem written by Nikki Giovanni in 1972 I was able to grasp a strong feeling of romanticism which I really enjoyed. I believe that Giovanni is speaking to someone she is interested in or loves. This poem is a confessional because she speaks about her personal feelings specifically regarding her love interest. With the use of short and simple lines you are able to read through the whole poem in a smooth manner which made it easy to read. I really enjoy this poem because in a way I feel that it is contradicting itself; one moment she is talking about doing only what SHE wants and the next she is talking about doing what her lover wants. Also she ends every few lines with a reference to HER house which is in a way funny to me because its as if she stops being selfish but then goes back to restating that she can do as she pleases because she is in her house. Giovanni also repeats her concern about this being a silly poem which I also find interesting because although she is being selfish she also cares about what someone else might think of her "lovey-dovey" poem. I chose to add a big part of the ending of the poem because I feel like you have to read more of it to get the whole picture. What I get from this poem is that she is in love and in a way she feels like shes losing control of her emotions and she feels that she comes off silly to people who hear her and that is why she keep repeating in a way "i know this is a silly poem" to just state that she herself knows that she may come off as silly and crazy to others. I really do like this poem because i think it really shows how love works. One moment she's selfish making everything about what she wants and how she wants it,shown in the first 3 lines,and the next she's talking about doing what her lover would want. In the end I feel like she finally gives in and admits that this poem is not about her,its about her lover and its for them because that person is what makes her happy.



I seriously really liked this poem. It was crazy and not a typical love poem and I feel like it really grasped what being in love is like; just odd and overall crazy. I'll remember this poem !

Imitation #1960's: John Lennon,Give Peace a Chance

"Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout
Minister, Sinister, Banisters and Canisters,
Bishops, Fishops, Rabbis, and Pop Eyes, Bye bye, Bye byes
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

(Let me tell you now)
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout
Revolution, Evolution, Masturbation, Flagellation, Regulation,"

This song from the 1960's was very influential and popular because it was promoting the peace in an Anti-Vietnam War Movement. Its easy to understand his point because he uses repetition of his main point which you can see in lines 4 and 5. Also he uses a lot of in line rhymes that are seen throughout the whole song. These lyrics are a form of critique because in a way he is critiquing the state of war and instability in the surroundings. I feel as he is speaking to everyone to try and get everyone to promote peace as he is promoting it. Also I feel as if he is trying to start a movement with everyone to try and make a better place for everyone and try and stop the violence. What I like about this song is that it is very straight forward and easy to understand and I like that he is promoting peace and its in a way encouraging. Overall I enjoy the simplicity in this song and also the good message it was sending to people during war times.

Imitation #pre 1960's: Lawrence Ferlinghetti,Number 20

"The pennycandystore beyond the El
is where I first
fell in love
with unreality
Jellybeans glowed in the semi-gloom
of that september afternoon
A cat upon the counter moved among
the licorice sticks"

This poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti describes the first time he fell in love. Ferlinghetti is very descriptive in the sense that he goes into detail not necessarily about the girl he fell in love with but about his surrounding at the time he first felt love. This poem is a confessional because he speaks of his personal experience with love at a young age. In the poem the rhyme scheme is scattered because there are some end rhymes but they don't follow any specific pattern. I also believe that his audience for this poem is just any reader who can relate to falling in love. In this poem you can also find imagery when he describes the candy store.and In my opinion it really helps you connect to what the poet is talking about because you get a mental picture of what the poet is describing and you get a better understanding of the poets experience. One another thing that this poem has is that its very relatable because most people have gone through the experience of having their first love so many of the readers can really enjoy this poem and relate to it. I also believe that Lawrence Ferlinghetti uses specific descriptions of the place where he first fell in love to show around what age this happened without necessarily having to say it therefore the reader can make their own implications. I was able to imply that when Ferlinghetti experienced his first love he was a young boy because he talks about walking to the candy store and he notices all the things a young boy would look at,such as the jelly beans,a cat and licorice sticks. I really enjoyed this poem because it talked about love in a young and innocent way.

A Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain

     In the article "A Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" written by Langston Hughes,Hughes explains his thoughts on a very promising quote that was said to him by a young negro poet. The quote "I want to be a poet--not a negro poet" was interpreted by Hughes as a form of disappointment to the negro culture because the young poet did not want to embrace his culture. I do no agree with Langston Hughes interpretation of the quote because i don't feel as if the young poet was ashamed of his culture. My interpretation was that he wanted to simply be remembered as a good poet without having to be put into a racial category. To me saying that someone is a negro poet rather than simply stating that someone is a poet means that that person is only compared and put into a group with other negro poets rather being compared and being put in the group of all poets regardless of race. In this time period I can also understand why the young poet would want to be mentioned as simply a poet because this was a time period where whites were seen as being better and were held to higher standards than those standards the blacks were held to. In a way i feel that Hughes interpretation was ignorant in the sense that he seems to believe that for the young poet to truly embrace and love his culture he had to be just like other negro artists and only talk about their culture and their way of lives rather than being able to expand and pass the racial.