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Post 18: Images can mean many things

When it comes to images they can mean many things. Images can mean different things simply because we as people all interpret things differently from one another, and don’t think the same way. The things that an individual may have went through during the lifetime whether it was good or bad influences how they interpret images. One of my favorite songs haves a lot of imagery in it, by Adele “Hometown Glory”. “I like it in the city when the air is so thick and opaque
I love to see everybody in short skirts, shorts and shades
I like it in the city when two worlds collide
You get the people and the government
Everybody taking different sides.”

This song makes me get a view of where she’s from, simply by the lyrics presented above, it also lets me feel as if I’m there because of the wording she used in the song to paint a picture. Even though of course were not from the same place, it makes me feel as if I’m there because of the awesome imagery. When it comes to a poem we’ve read this week presenting imagery I’m going to talk about “Poetry Should Ride the Bus”.  Throughout this entire poem imagery is present but the second stanza stuck out to me the most. This is probably because I love makeup so much, and it was discussed in this stanza. It felt as if I was the poetry. “ poetry should wear bright red lipstick n practice kisses in the mirror for all the fine young men with fades shootin craps around the corner”

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  1. Dasia's BlogOctober 21, 2017 at 6:34 AM

    Agreed! "Poetry Should Ride the Bus" is an great example of imagery considering the fact that the poem is filled with it.

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  2. UnknownOctober 21, 2017 at 10:12 AM

    Great connections made with the lyrics and the poem, I used the same poem in my blog post but the first verse. It's interesting how we picked different verses that stuck out to us differently, due to imagery!

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  3. Dainty@ENG1102October 22, 2017 at 7:26 AM

    Adele's Hometown gave me the same feeling of home. She made me want to visit my home as I remember it, seeing my neighborhood as I saw and felt it as a child. Thank you for evoking those memories.

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  4. Benjamin SchurmannOctober 22, 2017 at 4:43 PM

    I would never have thought to compare Adele and that poem good catch!

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