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Memory in Song Lyrics


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Memory in Song Lyrics
This paper discusses the use of the memory-street metaphor in song lyrics.
1,130 words (approx. 4.5 pages) | 6 sources | MLA | 2004 United States


Paper Summary:

In this article the writer provides an exploration of the use of the memory-street metaphor in song lyrics, from the 1960's to the present. The writer examines how the metaphor of roads is used in in different ways. The writer also presents various songs that illustrate and support the discussion.

From the Paper:

"The exploration of memory in song lyrics and the metaphor of roads memories and roads or streets have been the subject matter of numerous world famous songs. The use of roads as metaphors for human memory is effective because the two have a number of things in common, despite the reality that memory exists only metaphysically. Three features shared by memories and roads are the inevitability of change perspective and a linkage which allows the physical road to lead to an emotive response in the memory. "

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APA Citation:

Memory in Song Lyrics (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 09, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Memory-in-Song-Lyrics/74059

MLA Citation:

" Memory in Song Lyrics" 15 January 2012. Web. 09 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Memory-in-Song-Lyrics/74059>




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