1 POEM

To think

1 song To Laugh

BY J.CARLOS GARCÍA VEGA

Table of contents:

I.Analysis of the poem: Communism. (By Franco Fortini)

I.2.Objective analysis of the poem.

I.2.2 Verses measurement, rhyme and structure.

I.2.3 Figurative language.

I.3 Subjective analysis of the poem.

I.3.2 The main message in the poem.

I.3.3 Another message…

I.3.4 About the author…

II.Analysis of the song: Smile. (By Charlie Chaplin – Glee Cast)

II.2 Message and history in the song.

Comunism (by Franco Fortini) (POEM) I was a communist throughout. Justly though, the other communists looked askance at me. I was a communist despite their certainties, despite my doubts. Justly they did not see themselves in me. . They would not admit my discipline. My centralism seemed anarchy to them. My self-criticisms contradicted theirs. Special communists cannot be: to think so is not to be so. . Justly they did not see themselves in me, my comrades. Like them, I too was enslaved. Even more so: I tended to forget it. They did their work, I followed my inclination. Exactly that: I was a communist throughout. . Despite their certainties, despite my doubts I always wanted this world ended. Myself ended too. And it was that exactly which estranged us. My hopes had no point for them. My centralism seemed anarchy to them. . As if I wanted more, more truth, more for me to give them, more for them to give me. Thus living, dying thus. I was a communist throughout. I always wanted this world ended. I have survived enough to see comrades who bruised me broken by intolerable truths. Now tell me: you knew very well I was with you? Was that why you hated me? My truth is truly needed, breathed in through space and time, heard patiently.

I.Analysis of the poem:

Communism

Comunism (by Franco Fortini) (POEM)

I was a communist throughout. 8 Justly though, the other communists 9

looked askance at me. I was a communist 10 despite their certainties, despite my doubts. 10 Justly they did not see themselves in me. 10

. They would not admit my discipline. 9

My centralism seemed anarchy to them. 11 My self-criticisms contradicted theirs. 10

Special communists cannot be: 8 to think so is not to be so. 8

. Justly they did not see themselves in me, 10

my comrades. Like them, I too 6 was enslaved. Even more so: I tended to forget it. 14

They did their work, I followed my inclination. 10 Exactly that: I was a communist throughout. 12

. Despite their certainties, despite my doubts 10

I always wanted this world ended. 9 Myself ended too. And it was that exactly 11

which estranged us. My hopes had no point for them. 12 My centralism seemed anarchy to them. 11

As if I wanted more, more truth, 8 more for me to give them, more 7

for them to give me. Thus living, dying thus. 10 I was a communist throughout. 8

I always wanted this world ended. 9

I have survived enough to see 9 comrades who bruised me broken by intolerable truths. 14

Now tell me: you knew very well I was with you? 12 Was that why you hated me? My truth is truly needed, 14 breathed in through space and time, heard patiently. 12

This poem has not rhyme, because It’s a translation from the original version in

russian.

I.2 Objective analysis of the poem. I.2.2 Verses measurement, rhyme and structure.

-This poem was translated from russian to english. So, the measurement of

the verses is very varied. We can find verses from 7 syllables to 14.

-There are 23 verses with more than 8 syllables and 7 with less than 8.¿? -The poem is a free rhyme one. -There are 6 stanzas with 5 verses each. I.2.3 Figurative language. -There aren’t any similes, alliterations, hyperboles, etc in the poem. We can

find some comparisons, but they haven’t poetic meaning. For example: “My centralism seemed anarchy to them” or “Like them, I too was enslaved” He’s comparing himself and his ideas with the others, but it hasn’t a poetical

objective.

I.3 Subjective analysis of the poem. I.3.2 The main message in the poem. -The voice is from a person. He’s talking about his communist comrade’s

aversion to him. He has a different conception of communist theory, new ideas that

are different from the typical form that ordinary people has about it. For this reason and another ones, the rest of his mates rejected him, thinking that

his mind is not a communist one and it’s bad. The voice is saying that he is like

them, he is a communist despite his mind and their rebuff. His ideas are just

different, but they have the same objective. I.2.4 Another message...

-We can find much more examples like this in our society. We live in a world where

different minds and ideas are rejected. If you are not like most people, if you have

a different form of looking at life, another “strange” behaviour, you can’t be.

Advertising, TV, magazines, even people have the same objective: To indoctrinate

us, to make humanity an homogenous mass that has the same ideas, the same

pleasures.... Why? Maybe It’s easier to control the situation, to avoid a mundial

revolution against everything that oppresses us.

His mates represent society, his different communist ideas represent any

difference in mind...

There’s another message too. It’s that we judge everything before knowing really

it. His comrades simply don’t try to understand him.

For this reason, I think the poem wasn’t made for communist people, but for the

world in general too. Verses to think, verses to wake up. I.2.5 About the author... - Franco Lattes (Franco Fortini) (1917-1994) was born in Florence, he was a writer,

teacher, journalist, copywriter and translator. He was a defender of socialism, and a

social and political change.

SMILE (By Charlie Chaplin) - Glee Cast Interpretation (SONG)

Smile thought your heart is aching Smile even thought it's breaking When there are clouds in the sky you'll get by

If you smile through your pain and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You'll see the sun come shining thru for you.

Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness Althought a tear maybe ever so near

That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying? You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you'll just smile.

Ooohhhh, oohhhhh That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying? You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you'll just smile.

Smile thought your heart is aching Smile even thought it's breaking When there are clouds in the sky you'll get by

That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying? You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you'll just smile.

You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you'll just smile.

Smile…

II.Analysis of the song: Smile

II.2 Message and history in the song. -The song was composed originally by Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, for his film “Modern Times”. It was a song for violin and piano. The song was

popularized in the conservatories and music academies all over the world. The first song, piano students used to learn, was “Smile”. There were many

more versions of this song, with adding lyrics to it, like in this Glee Cast version. I think the message is very clear, and it’s very much associated with

Chaplin’s mind. We can see that in his films, the main characters are always poor people. Also, we can find some examples of this message even in his

life: He started being a poor man, working as a milkman, an errand boy, etc. The lyrics of the song, talk about fatalism, that you must try it again, to resist every obstacle that life puts in front of us. Even when everything goes wrong, we can find a light in our smiles.

You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you'll just smile.

Smile

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

·Image 1, in the title:

->www,freepik.com

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·Image 2, in the poem:

->www.redwarriorszaragoza.blogspot.com

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·Image 3, in the song:

->www.novielistmania.blogspot.com

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