Post 21: Comparing Symbols
The Doors and Robert Frost both have lyrics in which the word night becomes the focal point but they both symbolized different meanings. Frost said " Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. I have been one acquainted with the night." My interpretation of this is that the speaker has become acquainted with the feelings of loss and death. No one is aware of when it may strike and how it may make us feel but in the end, he knows the feelings personally.
The Doors sang of the End of the Night and even though the melody is dark and somber their lyrics mean something different to me. "Take the highway to the end of the night" says come take a great adventure with me, lets get away from the darkness. This symbolizes getting enebriated as a means of escaping the bad things and going mentally to a brighter place.
The Doors sang of the End of the Night and even though the melody is dark and somber their lyrics mean something different to me. "Take the highway to the end of the night" says come take a great adventure with me, lets get away from the darkness. This symbolizes getting enebriated as a means of escaping the bad things and going mentally to a brighter place.
This post is good. I can see the correlation with the song and the poem.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great comparison, they have similar interpretations of what night can be, despite very different messages.
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