POETRY: Review the chapter in your textbook “A Thematic Case Study: The World of Work” (p 985-995).
POETRY: Review the chapter in your textbook “A Thematic Case Study: The World of Work” (p 985-995). This chapter contains many poems on the subject of Work. There are also many contemporary songs about work. Choose one of the poems in this chapter and in terms of poetic elements – such as diction, tone, imagery, figures of speech, sound, and rhythm – compare and contrast its themes with the lyrics of a song you admire. You will use Marxist Criticism as part of your analysis, examining practical factors such as the ways in which economics and politics influence the author’s motives or options while writing the text. You could also identify and analyze the sociological content of the literature – the ways in which authors or audiences may use texts directly or indirectly to promote or critique certain views or values.
The Poetry that you must chose is ( http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2010/09/04
And the song is (working for living the song)
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(“the jobholder” by David Ignatow/”Working For a living” By Huey Lewis and the News)
The poem ‘the jobholder’ describes a laborers situation as he gets into the bus every day and goes to work. The poem has a very sad and negative theme going for it as it expresses all the discontent that the laborer has with the monotonous cycle that he has to live by. The writer describes a life that every person can identify with and the dominant theme is the normal……………………..
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