The graffiti artist : doing the work of the lyric through juxtaposition of disparate social discourse : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Master of Creative Writing, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand

One way the lyric has developed over the last century is to accommodate non-poetic social discourses, e.g. languages of prose, genre, profession and cultural groups into the lyric tradition. This thesis investigates the use of discourse to perform the work of lyric. It does so in two parts: in a critical essay and through my own creative work, a manuscript of original poetry that is meant to account for 60 percent of my thesis. The critical component analyses four contemporary poems that do the work of the lyric through this accommodation of social discourse: “A History” by Glenn Colquhoun, “Mountains” by Sarah Jane Barnett, “Torch Song” by Laura Mullen and “Gesamtkunstwerk” by Lisa Samuels. It examines, in particular, these poets’ use of juxtaposition of disparate social discourse as an organising technique that illustrates the process of perception that is integral to lyric tradition. The intensity of the juxtaposition of social discourse increases with each of these poems, challenging some of the more traditional characteristics of what it means to be lyric, such as whether the lyric is “uttered by a single speaker” or “expresses subjective feeling”. But if these poems increasingly seem to fall outside the traditional lyric, this study argues that they in fact do the work of the lyric by treating the disparate discourse as both a representation and product of an increasingly globalised and fractured world. At the same time, the opportunities the poet provides to make links across the contrasting discourses allow the reader to construct an enunciative posture that provides a lens onto the “ache” of living in such a world, and thus recover the subjective experience associated with the lyric. This critical study investigates questions that are also of interest in the creative portion: how to use multiple strands of social discourse in poetry in an effective and relevant way, and iv how to organise a disparate set of poems into a collective whole. The essay, therefore, informed the creative component of this thesis, a collection of poetry entitled “The Graffiti Artist”. This collection offers juxtapositions of disparate discourses as well as narrative snapshots, each snapshot nevertheless intersecting with and connected to the life of the protagonist, a mother who turns during a time of crisis – personal crises with her children and social crisis in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes – to graffiti art. A narrative in fragments, the poems juxtapose strands of story and types of discourse she encounters in her different roles as graffiti artist, mother and wife. Such discourses include, for example, scientific discourse associated with her scientist son, the medical discourse of mental illness, the discourse of advertising, and the discourse of the earthquake-damaged city she inhabits. By using these techniques to extend defamiliarisation, I aimed to reveal a troubled world through the lens of a graffiti-artist speaker so a reader might see her experience from within, thus effecting a change in perception, and doing the work of the lyric

A STDUY ON MESSAGE IN BEATLES SONG “ HEY JUDE”

In this study, the writer of this thesis focuses on The Beatles song lyric “Hey Jude”. He interested in this song lyric, because it is easy and has important messages in human life, especially for children and parents. The purposes of this study are to know the meaning, both general and detail, and to know the message of the song lyric. This study applies descriptive research design. The approach used in this analysis is expressive approach, because expressive approach defines poem as an expression, or overflow or utterance of feelings, or adequacy to the poet’s individual vision or state of mind. The general meaning of song lyric “Hey Jude” is about the concern of the poet to the child who really hopes the touch of love from parents. He knows that the child just feel a little love from parents for a moment and he should be strong when he feel the pain, and face his life by himself. The detail meaning of song lyric “Hey Jude” in the form of stanza is as follow, the first stanza is the poet wants to remind to child for not making the condition worse, and singing can entertain him to make the condition better. The second stanza, mentions that the poet’s suggestion to child not to be afraid to face his life challenge because he was born to face his problems of life. The third stanza mentions about the foolness of the child to think all of the problems of his parents, and he must be strong to face his life. The fourth stanza the poet does not want to feel sad because of child’s desperation. The fifth stanza is the poets ask to the child to start a new life without any help because only he can change his life and everything depends on him self. The messages of song lyric “Hey Jude” are: make our life more better without doubt and sadness, we must be strong to face life’s problems, we live with others people, so we have to share with them, we should remember mother’s love, the poet gives an advice that everyone should try and not be desperat

AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PRESENTED AT "ST JIMMY" SONG LYRIC

This study concerned with the discussion of English song’s lyric which was sung by Green Day. This study analyzed two problems (1) What kinds of figurative language are used at “St. Jimmy” song lyric? (2) What are the meanings of those figurative languages? The purpose of the study was to answer the problems proposed. This research belonged to descriptive research design. In addition, this study used the objective approach. The object of the study was “St. Jimmy” song lyric by Green Day especially in form of figurative language and meaning of figurative language. The research finding showed that Green Day used six kinds of figurative language. More specially, he used one simile, three euphemisms, one allusion, one metonymy, one metaphor, and one irony. The song told us about the life of St. Jimmy who was an ideal punk rocker. He used figurative language in order to embellish the song and exaggerate the feeling that the composer waned to express

The Anthropocene Lyric: An Affective Geography of Poetry, Person, Place by Tom Bristow

Review of Tom Bristow\u27s The Anthropocene Lyric: An Affective Geography of Poetry, Person, Place

Mark in this : Strategies of Persuasion and Argument in John Donne\u27s Poetry

Whether he is writing an erotic lyric, a mutual love poem or a holy sonnet, John Donne\u27s poems employ a similar argumentative structure. Although The Flea , an erotic lyric, The Canonization , a mutual love poem, and Batter My Heart , a holy sonnet portray different types of love, Donne\u27s argumentative structure in these poems is similar to each other. In The Flea , The Canonization and Batter My Heart , Donne\u27s speakers present a claim or command which they defend throughout the rest of the poem. The speakers use persuasive strategies to defend and validate their assertion. As the poems conclude, the speakers remain confident that their propositions will triumph

PRIDE IN KENNY CHESNEY’S “AMERICAN KIDS”

This extended essay discusses the representation of the behavior of American kids as seen through their life styles reflected on Kenny Chesney “American Kids”. The behavior is well portrait through the lyric, but the lyric itself has not been reviewed sufficiently. The purposes of this extended essay are to describe the behavior literally and figuratively, and also to construct the meaning related to the description of the lyric. The writer analyzes the study using library research and she adopts the psychology of behavior by B.F Skinner as her approach method. The result of the analysis shows the description of American kids behavior literally and figuratively as pride in American kids reflected on “American Kids”. Therefore, it can be concluded that the song lyric of American Kids reflects the representation of American kids behavior

THE ANALYSIS OF MISOGYNISTIC LIRIC IN RAP/HIP-HOP MUSIC A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS ON STUDENTS PERCEPTION OF MISOGYNISTIC LIRIC

Ade Saputra: Song is to used express someone’s ideas thought and feeling, through song people can say anything and they also talk about everything in the lyric. In order to know and understand the misogynistic meaning in rap/hip-hop music. And how the havy viewer of rap/hip-hop music expressed their felling thought misogynistic words lyric. Using a qualitative analysis method, how misogynistic pattern in rap/hip-hop music lyric, and how the expression of the misogynistic words or prhase in rap/hip-hop lyric. This study analyzed the lyrical of popular rap and hip-hop songs between 2000 and 2015. Song lyrics were classified into one or more of the following coding categories: demeaning language, rape/sexual assault, sexual conquest and physical violence. Themes of power over, objectification of and violence against wom en were identified as prevalent throughout the content analysis sample. Survey results indicated a positive correlation between misogynous thinking and rap/hip-hop consumption. The research entitled “An analysis of misogynistic lyric in rap/hip-hop music; a qualitative analysis of misogynistic lyric ” focus on words meaning in semantical analysis and misogynistic pattern in Rap/hip-hop lyric, for the analysis of words and prhase using semiotic triangel by Ogden and Richard, and the researcher divide in 4 kinds of misogynistic lyric, first is lyric that referencing acts of physical violence toward women, second one is song insinuating rape/sexual assault, third is lebeling women in derogatory ways using demeaning language and the last one is song portraying sexual conquest. And in the present study founding 15 prhase and 45 words of misogyny in 20 song lyric. Key Word : misogynistic lyric,misogyny expressoin,and word meaning

Theatre of the Mind: Hardy the Dynasts and the Question of Form

This essay analyzes Hardy’s rarely discussed epic-drama, The Dynasts, especially in relation to trends in the early twentieth-century drama. Hardy’s work is a hybrid of epic, drama, and lyric and was, at the time, thought to be unstageable