The Crystal Ship Jim Morrison Thesis Speakersubject fame

The Crystal Ship Jim Morrison

Thesis • • • Speaker/subject: fame/ love. (parallels speaker: Jim Morrison) Techniques: Metaphors, and various sound devices are mostly prominent; assonance and consonance create a melodic tune. Imagery represents the pain the speaker feels.

Verse Form • Lyric poem Can be free or rhymed; this one rhymes • Thoughts/feelings of a single speaker • Musical quality

Stanza Form/Rhyme scheme • four sets of quatrains • aaaa, bbbb, cccc, ddee

Metrical Foot • First line=iambic pentameter • other lines are iambic tetrameter U / U/ U / Before you slip into unconsciousness U / U / I'd like to have another kiss

Stanza 1 Before you slip into unconsciousness (a) I'd like to have another kiss (a) Another flashing chance at bliss (a) Another kiss, another kiss (a) • Metaphor • Assonance • Imagery • Repetition • The rhyme scheme difficulty of letting go of someone you love. mainly true rhyme.

Stanza 2 The days are bright and filled with pain Enclose me in your gentle rain The time you ran was too insane (b) We'll meet again, we'll meet again (b) (near rhyme) struggle of living one's life to the fullest, while still holding on to the past. • • Metaphor Assonance Imagery Repetition Alliteration Allusion

Stanza 3 Oh tell me where your freedom lies The streets are fields that never die Deliver me from reasons why You'd rather cry, I'd rather fly Coping and moving on • • • Metaphor Assonance Imagery Repitition Assonance

Stanza 4 The crystal ship is being filled A thousand girls, a thousand thrills A million ways to spend your time When we get back, I'll drop a line Saying good-bye • • Metaphor Assonance Asssonance Imagery Hyperbole Repieition Alliteration

Overall Theme Love vs. Fame and Fortune. • • • Jim Morrison was rising to stardom after a breakup. Metaphors evoke melancholy tone= emotions the speaker goes through thinking about a woman he loved. fame can change a person's perspective on life, but it can't change how they once loved.

Audrey White 1 st hour