Reading the lyrics, you notice that the woman sees signs on a wall but cautions herself that words can have more than one meaning. ... There is a lyric that is repeated in the song that goes, "There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold."" ... In another interpreting of the lyrics, you could even say that the woman character is looking for a sexual partner to satisfy her needs. ... The word "stairway- is the combination of "stair- and "way-, forming a word that stands for a flight of stairs. ... From the lyric "In the tree by the brook there's a songbird who sings-, w...

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You can hide men in it."" ... You know what I mean, right? ... I guess what I mean is, you must have a lot of patience before you buy an album of Tori's. ... She pours her heart and soul into every song, yet uses metaphors for every lyric. ... We stand behind her through whatever change or transformation she decides to undergo. ...

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It stands as an inspirational point to anyone dealing with hard times. ... "A sonnet is a lyric poem in a single stanza consisting of fourteen iambic pentameter lines linked by an intricate rhyme scheme. ... "When, in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes,""(Line 1) suggests what to do or how to feel if this poem relates to you. ... You can not tell just by looking at a man that he is lonely. ... The only way you can tell is by his wishes. ...

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Some retailers refuse to carry CDs with Parental Advisory Stickers, a few also go as far as to make it known to labels and artists that if the CD comes to their shelves with a "dirty" word, a "controversial" cover, or an "explicit" lyric it will not be allowed on the shelves. ... You may remember when hard-core rapper Ice-T wrote the song cop killer. ... There will always be someone or some group to stand against what you believe. ...

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"A sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem, traditionally written in iambic pentameter--that is, in lines ten syllables long, with accents falling on every second syllable, as in: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"" ... "In Elizabethan England--the era during which Shakespeare's sonnets were written--the sonnet was the form of choice for lyric poets, particularly lyric poets seeking to engage with traditional themes of love and romance" (Spark Notes, Shakespeare). ... "Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you [ ] (Donne, 10, I)." ... "From this vile world with vilest worms ...

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There is no stoppage and never can be stoppage, If I, you, and the worlds, and all beneath or upon their surfaces, were this moment reduced back to a pallid float, it would not avail in the long run, We should surely bring up again where we now stand, And surely go as much farther, and then farther and farther. ... My favorite band TOOL, has this lyric in their song "Third Eye,"" all matter is mearly energy condensed into a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness [experiencing itself subjectively], there is no such thing death, life is only a dream, and we are just an imagination o...

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Have you ever really liked a certain band? ... This is my all-time favorite lyric from Davey Havok, their lead singer. ... AFI's style really stands out amongst the others in their scene now days. ... Listening to them relaxes you, and makes you feel much better. ... I strongly you give them a try. ...

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Also, I can smell the aroma of hot dogs from the concession stands. ... Tall light polls stand throughout the grass area. ... Again, bickers rumble through the crowd with questions such as, "What did you like best about the band?" ... For example, "What is your favorite lyric from New Found Glory?" ... I stand on my seat and start to cheer for New Found Glory. ...

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How would you try voice your opinions to people who will not listen? Would you draw a picture of how you felt, write a poem or maybe even write a song? ... The lyric "Cops give a damn about a Negro pull the trigger kill a nigga he's a hero" holds true. ... The one incident that stands out in my mind is the case of a 15-year-old African-American by the name of Timothy Thomas. ... The song "Changes" is only one example of how he has voice his opinion and if you are a fan of Tupac Shakur, you would know that there is many more songs that have help Tupac voice his opinion. ...

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" you women gave reached such a state where. If all's well with your sex-life, you've everything you wish for; but when that goes wrong, at once all that is best and noblest turns to gall- This is Jason's thought on every woman. ... Male poets of past ages with their ballads Of faithless women shall go out of fashion; For Phoebus, Prince of Music, Never bestowed the lyric inspiration Through female understanding - Or we"d find themes for poems, We"d counter with our epics against man." ... They were given a right to speak and a right to stand up for themselves. Fema...

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I cannot describe that dream to you. ... He teaches them a song called the "Beasts of England" in which he describes his vision of social utopia on the farm in lyric form. ... Snowball and Napoleon are the most resourceful pigs and take a stand to fulfill Old Major's dream of equality. ... Each animal is distinct, as no two are alike; in her article Valerie Meyers states, "Each animal stands for a precise figure or representative type" (Meyers). ... I gave you food, and my hunters will protect you from the beast. ...

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"The Negro Speaks of Rivers," and "Ballad of the Landlord," then, is just the start of a long chain of poems by Hughes which stand up to develop, and change the verifiable experience of African Americans into a workmanship both limpid and automatic. ... I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its sloppy chest turn all brilliant in the nightfall" - Langston Hughes This early lyric of Hughes "vouches for his tolerating trust in the satisfaction of the American perfect for dark individuals, as well as for all the seized of the area". ....

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(Goetz 780) Cullen became known as a lyric poet and that an English poet mostly influenced his work named John Keats. ... Cullen believed that in order to be a great poet you had to master and accept standard poetic forms, tropes, and meters Americans inherited from European traditions. ... He accomplished a lot because he was determined and allowed no one to stand between him and what he wanted and was going to achieve. ...

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Some retailers refuse to carry CDs with "Parental Advisory Stickers", a few also go as far as to make it known to labels and artists that if the CD comes to their shelves with a "dirty" word, a "controversial" cover, or an "explicit" lyric it will not be allowed on the shelves. ... You also may remember when hard-core rapper Ice-T wrote the song cop killer. ... I always tell them that if you want to keep listening to the music that you enjoy, starting today you have to learn to fight back. If you don't fight for your own freedom, no one is going to give it to you." ... There will always ...

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Later in the poem Taras asks his nation not to give up and stand up for themselves, because they need to fight altogether, hand by hand for their happiness. ... He was above all a lyric poet who was always disturbed by the anger, violence, weeping, cursing and then speaking with a voice of the greatest degree tenderness. ... At one point you hear a thunder of morally right anger, then words of heart-breaking tenderness, then again outbursts of bitter sarcasm, and then words of love and affection. ... In the final period of poetry Taras always wrote about encouraging light shining in the fu...

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In 1855, twelve of his works were published in a collection entitled "Leaves of Grass", which stands today as one of America's most popular literary works. ... In "Proud Music of the Storm" Whitman composes something that appears to be a lyric in an opera (Composers! ... And you, sweet singers of old lands-Sopani! ... To you a new bard, caroling free in the west, Obeisant, sends his love."). ...

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(album tracks "Hey You," and "The Show Must Go On," were not featured in the movie.) ... As the last lyric is spoken a metal guitar and heavy bass drum explode into the spotlight. ... He puts on the uniform and stands in front of the mirror as his father's reflection can be seen. ... The constant anthem of fighting to get what you want will always be a staple in rock and roll. ... It also brings it to a basic level that you do not have to listen to, but one you can just feel. ...

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So can you really say what you want to say under protection of your First Amendment rights? That all depends on where you say it, and how you say it. ... When the novelist Barbara Kingsolver says "the American flag stands for intimidation, censorship, violence, bigotry, sexism, homophobia and shoving the constitution through a paper shredder" the statement is safeguarded. ... So can you say libel against a person? ...

• Word Count: 1987
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Possessed of probing psychological insight, Auden also had a supremely lyric gift. ... This poem also expresses that government makes it seem that everyone else is doing the "right thing", so you must follow in their footsteps and if you do so your reward is a happy and fulfilled life with all the comforts of the modern man. The standards are constantly changing so that you will never reach the optimum point, therefore you must always strive to improve. ...

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Yeats' poetics became fixed heavily in lyric tradition during this early part of his career and late era of romanticism. ... It is a pivotal poem in Yeats' stylistic evolution (the tadpole lost its "tail" if you will) and perfectly illustrates his "new" conversational manner while holding a few lashings of the dreamy, idilic, romantic period of his poetic conception. ... It stands for the unity of all aspects of life. ...

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Liverpool had over 300 bands at the time, and they needed to be exceptional to stand out. ... "Help" as an album is very contradictory, containing pop love songs like "You"re Going To Lose That Girl" juxtaposed with the more serious material. ... They added an orchestra ("Eleanor Rigby"), two songs with a sitar ("Tomorrow Never Knows", "Love To You") and a children's song (Yellow Submarine). ...

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After a while, The Edge (Dave Evans) began to outwit Bono on guitar and left Bono with vocals and lyric writing. ... The songs "With or Without You" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" gave U2 its first #1 singles in the U.S. ... (Jackson 44) In response to this need came about " All that you can't leave behind- in 2000. ...

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To first consider the requirement, "beautiful in form" Goblin Market differs from the bulk of Rossetti's poetry in that it has a much less formal structure; the tumbling irregular meter employed in Goblin market is a rarity amongst Rossetti's work, her favoured form being the short lyric. ... Another example comes when Lizzie, after inducing the goblins to try to force her to eat, ensuring that she becomes splattered with "the drip of juice that syrupped all her face," invites Laura to: Hug me, kiss me, suck my juices Squeezed from goblin fruits for you, Goblin pulp and goblin dew...

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Native Americans, immigrants from all over the world, women...they are all able to stand up and be counted, but one group especially has had a great impact on American music: African-Americans. ... It needed the lyric of the poet. ...

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Comedy is the type ofdrama which strives to entertain the viewer throughembarrassment, ridicule, or accidental incident that occurpertaining to/of the charater(s), costumes, and institutionsor it might even be through a resolution of the embarasingoccurences thrown to you by the plot. ... Aristophanes was series ofscenes using farce (exaggerated comedy), dealing withfantasy, humorous imitation (parody), and satire, then ending with a final lyric celebration of the unity. ... The 20th century alsosaw the creations of such comedic forms, such asVaudeville and comic motion pictures, and stan...

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