The Problem With Reality Is The Lack of Background Music

Song lyrics are my poetry.

I'm so bad at poetry.  I don't understand it, I can't translate it, and I can't write it.  In an Art Appreciation class, I had to translate a passage in Shakespeare's The Tempest.  I got it wrong, but my professor gave me another chance.  Then, she gave me four more chances and I STILL couldn't figure out what the guy was trying to say.  I also had to interpret Robert Frost's Mending Wall and got that wrong too.  It seems easy to understand what he's saying in the poem; and that is his neighbor wants to build a wall to keep Robert Frost from bothering him.  But, it turns out there's more to it than that.  Here are some analyses from what I think is a kid's homework help website.

I don't know, I guess I'm just not a metaphor person.  So that's why I use song lyrics.  It's like "Poetry for Dummies."

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I'm curious about which songs you like or find personally meaningful, so I wrote out a list of questions.

1.  If you had to choose a personal theme song, what would it be?

2.  What is the last song you listened to?

3.  What is your favorite song right now?

4.  What song would you dedicate to someone special?

5.  What song energizes you?

6.  What is the best song to listen to on a rainy Sunday morning when you're alone?

7.  What is your favorite angry song?

8.  What song best describes the way you feel about today's political situation?

9.  What song do you hate so much you have to turn the radio station when it comes on?

10.  Your favorite obscure song that no one has ever heard of, but you?

11.  What song instantly takes you back to your high school days?

12.  Best movie or musical soundtrack?

13.  Best love song?

14.  What song best describes your life or how you feel at the moment?

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Here are my answers (today, since they are constantly changing).

2.  Last Song I Heard: Eminem - Without Me

3.  Fave Song at the Moment: I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor - Arctic Monkeys

4.  Dedication: A Song For You - Ray Charles

5.  Energizing Song: Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols

6.  Rainy Sunday Song: Sara - Fleetwood Mac

7.  Angry Song: Blue Orchid - The White Stripes

8.  Political: Civil War - Guns 'n' Roses

9.  Hate It: My Humps - The Black Eyed Peas

10.  Obscure: Put Your Hands On The Screen - Martin Briley

11.  High School Song:  American Girl - Tom Petty

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