Monday, April 15, 2013

Music- Chandra Thiagarajan

Music is an art 
Music is presided over by the Muses 
Music combines sounds in a pleasing way 
Music has common elements. 

Music has pitch and melody 
Music has harmony and rhythm 
Music has tempo and meter 
Music has sonic qualities of timbre. 

Music is euphony or sweet sound 
Music has harmonious qualities 
Music is inspirational 
Music opens the soul. 

Music is energizing 
Music is enriching 
Music makes one happy 
Music is relaxing. 

Music is soothing 
Music is entertainment 
Music is lovable 
Music is stirring. 

Music moves one to tears 
Music gives a spark 
Music tunes a special memory 
Music is a form of therapy. 

Music fills with spiritual attunement 
Music is a personal experience 
Music takes us along the road of life 
Music is the corner stone of every society.



ABOUT THE AUTHOR
This author is not known as much. She is not famous right now, and the internet source does not tell where was this author born in, not even her small info. But some reactions from other people i saw in a comment about her poem was that her poem has a big impact in life, whether the poem is not based on life. But besides that, having a biography about her would be great.

PERSONAL RESPONSE
This poem talks about how music can be not only aesthetic, but music can be a mixture of art and pure beauty blended with each other. For a text-to-text connection, the poem reminds me of the movie “August Rush”, for the poem and movie both relate to music, and about how music is not only about the sound, but also the beauty within music. The whole idea of the poem and the movie both match each other. For as text-to-self connection, this poem would make me want to think deeper about music. As a fellow musician in the Manta Band, knowing a lot about music would be the most basic thing I would have to know. For a text-to-world connection, music lovers would have this kind of feeling, compared to people who don’t enjoy listening to music that much. Maybe the poem can influence people to find the hidden beauty behind music. One phrase that stood out the most in this poem was “Music opens the soul”, for it expresses the emotional thought of music allowing people to forget about the stressful thoughts and enjoy listening to music. The amazing ability music has is just astonishing. I like the part of the poem about the description of music as just plain sound, into the description of how music can bring joy to people and also astonish people who listen to music. I would suggest the poet to put a bit more description about how music can astonish a lot of people instead of the poem being written like a one-person perspective. 

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TITLE
The title is plain, but the whole idea of the poem is hidden within the title of the poem. I never written or read this kind of poem, but the poem was really fun to read. Since this poem is based on music, I really enjoyed reading this kind of poem

PARAPHRASE

Music is an art 
Music is presided over by the Muses 
Music combines sounds in a joyful way 
Music has common elements. 

Music has pitch and melody 
Music has harmony and rhythm 
Music has tempo and meter 
Music has sonic qualities of timbre. 

Music is euphony or sweet sound 
Music has a very delightful and charming qualities 
Music is inspirational 
Music opens the soul. 

Music is energizing 
Music is enriching 
Music makes one happy 
Music is relaxing. 

Music is soothing 
Music is entertainment 
Music is lovable 
Music is stirring. 

Music affects ones emotionally 
Music gives a spark in the enriching sound 
Music tunes a special memory 
Music is a form of therapy. 

Music fills with spiritual attunement 
Music is a personal experience 
Music takes us along the road of life 
Music is a path that brings enjoyment to every society


CONNOTATION
1.Structure- 7 quatrains, rhyme scheme- none, punctuation- period
2.Speaker- a person describing what music actually is. Audience- the readers
3.figurative language- none
4.Imagery- Sight- none, Touch- none, smell- none, taste- none, hear (combines sound in a joyful way, pitch, melody, harmony, rhythm, sweet sound)

ATTITUDE
joyful, excited, passionate, emotional, peaceful, calm. The tone of the poem changes in each stanza. It starts off as a soft tone, but as it goes on, the tone becomes powerful and the poem tells more detail about what music is.

SHIFTS
1st quatrain (line 1-4)- the speaker starts off with a calm tone and tells the basic thing about music
2nd quatrain (line 5-8)- the tone becomes passionate, as the description of music become emphasized
3rd quatrain (line 9-12)- tone changes to a bright side as the speaker tells about the sweet beauty in music
4th quatrain (line 13-16)- the description about music becomes simple, just like the beginning. 
5th quatrain (line 17-20)- the description has power in the tone, even though it was described shortly
6th quatrain (line 21-24)- the words used in this stanza has an emotional flow with the words used 
7th quatrain (line 25-28)- this part of the stanza is spoken in a 'grandioso' (musical term meaning fanfare, mostly used in marches) emotion. The power and emphasis is all covered in one stanza.

TITLE
The second time I read this poem, I thought about the title again. The title is just plain, but the title shows the hidden meaning of music on the outside already. I thought it was hidden within the title at first, but after reading it again, I was able to find out the secret behind the title of this poem.

Theme 
1. Think beyond the obvious
2. Music is beyond what you can think of
3. Music does not only affect you, but also to the whole community

REFERENCE
Thiagarajan, C. (2012). Music. Retrieved from http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/music-287/

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