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Kanye West’s “My Way Home”
Part I: Double-Sided Journal
Instructions: Fill in the missing portions of the following double-sided journal entry. ***In addition to identifying the literary terminology, please provide a justification for why this is an example of that type of figurative language.
Evidence from Text Literary Terminology
Anaphora
1.
Simile
2.
“hypes fighting for hits to heighten they hell”
Tone
“the young smoke GRASS IN
GRASSLESS jungles”
“don’t he know he only gets as high
as he fell”
Theme
“seen through the eyes of rebel glasses”
1.
Repetition
2.
“horse got me trapped like r. kel’”
“…in they corner like Mike Tyson”
*please note the bolded portions of these lines
Hyperbole
“pale horse”
Part II: Interpretation of Figurative Lyrics
Instructions: I have provided you with figurative lines from the lyric poem “My Way Home,” please provide a translation for each. You must look at the lines before and after these to get the context correct.
“I stroll where souls get lost like Vegas”
“I wish love was for sale”
“rubberband together in cashless bundles”
Part III: Thesis Statement
Describe the speaker of this poem (don’t say Kanye West!):
What is the message of this poem?
Create a thesis statement for a literary analysis of this poem. Remember that a strong thesis must have a 1) topic, 2) opinion and 3) three main points. It must only be one sentence! (Show your work.)
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Provide an interpretation sentence about this poem.
Bonus: Provide a line from the lyric poem that is an example of literal, non-figurative, language.