... appears on their greatest hits album was originally written as just a poem by the lead vocalist and lyricist of the band Anthony Kiedis. He explains that it was a dark time of his life when he wrote it, he felt alone and separated from his best friend who was Frusciante at the time, John started becoming ... members including lead singer Anthony Kiedis and John Frusciante both abused heroin and are lucky to be alive today. By breaking down the song I used a tool that we used similar to annotating Miltons Paradise Lost on Scalar Milton. Poetry and music can both be broken down. On the oth...

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... argument 3. Unrealistic, bizarre metaphors 4. Departure from convention 5. Exciting verse 6. Irrelevant, blasphemous apostrophes and imperatives 7. Intellectual humour 8. Double entendre 9. Ironies, satire 10. Borders on the ridiculous - Metre: 1. Colloquial and aggressive 2. First person 3. Conversational 4. Dramatic 5. Questioning 6. Follows natural speech 7. Transforms confines of iambic pentameter form of sonnets ... that have shaped them, and the interpretation of them by different audiences at different times is similarly determined historically. CRITIC: John Dryden (Late 1600s) -He...

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... others and even transformed others using his powers to punish them like he did to Benvolio and his friends when he used his powers to make them grow horns on their heads. On the other hand, Richard III in Shakespeare's play bore the blame after killing all his brothers to ascend the throne. Finally, Satan was sent to hell together with other ... and within the 24 year time line. Part Two - Introduction A sonnet is a form of a short poem that commonly contains 14 lines; it originated mainly in Italy. Initially, the sonnet structure followed a strict rhyme scheme and the main theme of a s...

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