The Song of Despair, written by Pablo Neruda, tells a story of how the speaker in the poem describes someone that they loved. ... This shows that the author could be depressed and upset about his lost loved one. ... "Oh flesh, my own flesh, woman whom I loved and lost, I summon you in the moist hour, I raise my song to you.... He expresses how he felt by saying the cold hour, which to me means how cold and depressed he felt. ... At times, he was very depressed and hurt from being abandoned. ...

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The poem "The Love Song of J. ... Alfred Prufrock, is an anxious, self-conscious, and depressed man. ... "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"" is hardly a love song at all. That irony is clear in that the narrator's voice being anxious, self-conscious, hopeless, and depressed. ...

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Holden feels sorry for himself he if depressed majority of the book he feels alone in life. ... Holden is angry, he's ashamed, he's lonely, and he's very depressed. ... The song "The boxer" relates to Holden in many ways. The song was not written about him or the novel. It is ironic though how the song could be the theme song for The Catcher in the Rye. ...

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His Songs of Innocence was published in 1789 and Songs of Experience was published in 1793. ... In 1809, Blake had financial problems and became depressed, he shut himself out from the rest of the world for the remainder of his live (Sparknotes). The Lamb is one of the first of the poems in Blake's Songs of Innocence. ... The Chimney Sweeper is the final of the poems from The Songs of Innocence. ... The Songs from Experience starts out with Earth's Answer. ...

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The Love Song of J. ... Eliot's "The Love Song of J. ... Posing questions like "do I dare eat a peach" and "shall I part my hair to the side," shows Prufrockaccepting his flaws and in the end, making himself less motivated and somewhat depressed. ... Although Eliot's poem about a depressed fictional character, it teaches the audience a lesson. ...

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Another literary device that I found was metaphor which is expressed in lines five, six and seven, I loved a certain person ardently and my love was not return'd, Yet out of that I have written these songs. These lines compare love and songs, which both have in common in some ways and also have their differences. 1Sometimes with one I love I fill myself with rage for fear I 2effuse unreturn'd love, 3But now I think there is no unreturn'd love, the pay is 4certain one way or another, 5(I loved a certain person ardently and my love was not 6return'd, 7Yet out of ...

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In the song "We are Family- they are singing about how when they are together they are happy and they don't get depressed. "High hopes we have for the future and our goal's in sight no we don't get depressed here's what we call our golden rule have faith in you and the things you do you won't go wrong this is our family Jewel."" ... The song doesn't show whether they are singing about a nuclear family or extended. ...

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Life has high points and low; situations are either black or white, and the only way to get through it is to walk through it to the beat of your own song. ... Instead of sitting in a dark room crying, I sat on a piano bench for hours at a time playing classical music, and old time love songs. ... I suffer from depression and anxiety, so when I'm feeling down and depressed I begin to play ˜A Celtic Dream'. ... Even though its meant to be upsetting, and depressed it lifts me up and gives me the power to overcome my own feeling of depression. ... ˜Flight of the Bumblebee &...

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The song lyrics that I chose were from "Somewhere I Belong" by Linkin Park. ... The person in this song is depressed because he doesn't fit in and even starts to blame himself. ... The song conveys this issue to show that depression is a major issue and needs attention. ... Throughout the song, the words "I" and "my" are used. ... It makes the song timeless because it wouldn't matter if you played it now or in one hundred years time. ...

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Singing songs about her lost loved one and her dead father, a young girl has gone mad. ... Throughout this tragedy Ophelia becomes very depressed, angry and confused over many things. She sings a Valentine song, which expresses how depressed she gets. ... So she sings this depressing song for him to hear. ... After singing her Valentine song, King Claudius notices a change in Ophelia and demands for her to be followed and watched carefully. ...

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Therefore, nerve cells in the brain are depressed, dulled, altered or damaged affecting their ability to respond. ... Have you ever had a song or a melody stuck in your head and cannot seem to get it out? ... So when the drinking song plays in the mind of the alcoholic, he or she is powerless. ...

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Feelings ranging from humorous to silly to depressed. ... Waters didn't have a sing-song voice, but a deep raspy voice. ... The next song "Corine Corina is fast paced and upbeat. ... He leaves Corina by the end of the song. ... Neither of these songs carry the typical thoughts of what a Blues song should like. ...

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The theme of children's innocence is also portrayed in one of the Subtle Shade of Blue's songs, Children's game. ... The writer of this song has also wanted to show that the childhood is a safe place where the children play and do not fight like the grown-ups do. ... In the song Trim Yourself To Fit The world, by Aaron Tippin he talks about the corruption of people to fit in and become what an individual "should- be to fit into this world. ... Throughout the book, the reader could see that Holden was constantly depressed. ... It made me feel not depressed any more " (115). ...

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People try to blames Blink 182's "Adams Song", that it led there son/daughter to commit suicide the song's lyrical content is on suicide. "... I"m to depressed to go on you"ll be sorry when I"m gone...". This song talks about the real issues that youth are facing. ...

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People that do not feel loved become depressed and separate themselves from others. ... When I go to the mall and walk by a cd shop, I hear "I love that song". ... Referring to my example earlier, I doubt that person who loved that song would give their kidney to hear it. ... Do you really love that song on the radio, or do you just really like it? ... Without love, people can become depressed, and feel terrible. ...

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The Sex Pistols also reacted to the stark social conditions that infected Great Britain in the late seventies - rising unemployment, a hard-line, conservative government, and a depressed post-industrial economy. ... The song is also somewhat muffled. ... The harsh, discordant sound of the song is clearly evident in the vocal style. ... The opening guitar riff of the song is light and melodic. ... The vocal harmony adds melody and levity to the song. ...

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His songs have given me inspiration when I've had none. ... Although Matthews's lyrics are moving in all of his songs, it seems as if his true talent lies in his ability to write songs about love. His songs of love are probably the most inspirational and uplifting of all. ... This song proves his witty sense of music and shows that there are countless numbers of tones one can take in writing a song about love. ... Whether it be the lyrics, or the sound itself, whichever one it may be; I know that no matter how happy or sad, how depressed or confident, I know that Dave Matthews wi...

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As her popularity increased from her hit songs, her appearances grew. ... With the culmination of Carmen Miranda and her fiery dance moves to her passionate songs and the motions of her eyes, no one needed to understand her lyrics they could assume that whatever Latin America had to offer they wanted it. ... She had married an American man that beat her; she became seriously depressed and needed medication to keep her going and to sleep. ...

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Sure, videos could teach you dances, teach you cooking, teach you to decorate your home, movies could teach you lessons, and songs could help you express your feelings, but all this media can also have its" negative side. ... "Let's just kill everyone and let your god sort them out," is part of a song my Marilyn Manson http://www.wickedland.com/manson/lyrics/antichrist.html#2. How is a person who is depressed and mad not get tempted to kill someone? ...

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Everyone grew depressed and vulnerable, some even angered and vengeful. ... There were plenty of patriotic songs that were played. ... This song was made as a tribute, and will always be there to remind us of what happened. Aside from the songs played around the time of September 11, the attacks brought upon creativity to many artists to produce songs as a tribute or as inspiration. ... Blige was a very famous song that dealt with the feelings she had felt at that time. ...

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Esperanza is very ashamed of things, depressed, but yet she is a very intelligent and caring young girl. ... People make fun of her name, and she thinks it sounds like something from a Mexican song that her father plays while he shaves (10). ... Esperanza was depressed during her earlier years of going to school. ... Esperanza also had many troubles in her life that made her depressed. ... She is too depressed and ashamed of so many things all of the time. ...

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The same is the case with our couple songs. When we listen to chartbuster songs, it makes us feel that there are others in the world who feels the song in the same way in which we feel. ... That is why, we enjoy a song when we're happy, but understand its meaning only when we are depressed. ... Thus, we can channelize certain songs with our moods- so that we know exactly which song to listen to, when we need to lift up our spirits or calm our mind. ... " Thus, the sweetest songs can help us heal our saddest moods. ...

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Throughout the rest of the night he finds himself going to a bar that his brother D.B. brought him to which, once again, he leaves feeling depressed after he turns down an offer to have a few drinks with an old friend of D.B.'... The boy is singing one of Holden's favorite church songs. The song is about a field that children frolic around in, however there is a cliff at the end of the field which the children do not see. The song symbolizes the joy of childhood and the suddenness and harsh reality of adult life. ... This is beginning to become a very familiar scene in the book, Ho...

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In the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" and the song "Stan" the two narrators know personally how it is to go insane. ... In the song "Stan" by Eminem, he is telling the story about a man who is also depressed, and ends up going insane as well as the narrator in "The Yellow Wallpaper.... The song is made up of letters that Stan has written and sent to Eminem. From start to finish of the song, Stan is getting more and more angry that Eminem has yet to reply to a single letter. Stan's obsession with Eminem progresses further throughout the song. ...

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