Members Stackabones Posted June 7, 2009 Members Share Posted June 7, 2009 There was a post about Joe Pug over in HCAG and his song Hymn 101 caught my attention. It uses a rhetorical device as a hook; specifically it uses anaphora. Here are the first two verses. You see the repetition of I've come. There is a slight change at the very end of the song, but I'll leave it for you to discover. and i've come to know the wishlist of my father i've come to know the shipwrecks where he wished i've come to wish aloud among the over-dressed crowd come to witness now the sinking of the ship throwing pennies from the seatop next to it and i've come to roam the forest past the village with a dozen lazy horses in my cart i've come here to get high to do more than just get by i've come to test the timber of my heart oh i've come to test the timber of my heart More lyrics and the song. Any other examples of this in songs you know or have written yourself? * btw, he's giving away his CD for free. You just need to send him your mailing address. Google for more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted June 7, 2009 Members Share Posted June 7, 2009 Here I've been using anaphora and I just thought I was being compulsive and repetitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted June 7, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2009 Here I've been using anaphora and I just thought I was being compulsive and repetitive. Actually, you were being compulsive and rhetorical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted June 7, 2009 Members Share Posted June 7, 2009 Does this mean I'm a compulsive anaphoric? Does this mean there is a foundation for research into the condition? Does this mean there are support groups? Does this mean... I'm not alone? And since I'm a bit of a hermit in my dotage... does this mean that I'm an agoraphobic anaphoric? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted June 7, 2009 Members Share Posted June 7, 2009 Love is real, real is love,Love is feeling, feeling love,Love is wanting to be loved.Love is touch, touch is love,Love is reaching, reaching love,Love is asking to be loved.Love is you,You and me,Love is knowing,We can be.Love is free, free is love,Love is living, living love,Love is needing to be loved. Love, John Lennon I want to live,I want to giveI've been a miner for a heart of gold.It's these expressions I never giveThat keep me searching for a heart of goldAnd I'm getting old.Keeps me searching for a heart of goldAnd I'm getting old. I've been to HollywoodI've been to RedwoodI crossed the ocean for a heart of goldI've been in my mind, it's such a fine lineThat keeps me searching for a heart of goldAnd I'm getting old.Keeps me searching for a heart of goldAnd I'm getting old. Heart of Gold, Neil Young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted June 7, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2009 Does this mean I'm a compulsive anaphoric?Does this mean there is a foundation for research into the condition? Does this mean there are support groups?Does this mean... I'm not alone?And since I'm a bit of a hermit in my dotage... does this mean that I'm an agoraphobic anaphoric? Yes, that's what it means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted June 8, 2009 Members Share Posted June 8, 2009 In my day job, one of the big projects over the summer is going to be writing code to identify anaphora in English texts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MaxKincaide Posted June 9, 2009 Members Share Posted June 9, 2009 Not sure if I can get much lowerNot sure if this will endNot sure if this can go any slowerThis isn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted June 9, 2009 Members Share Posted June 9, 2009 one I wrote... cooking bullets - getting ready to take aimI want so bad for my world to change cooking bullets - conformity's in my sightsI wonder who'll stand beside me in this up coming fight cooking bullets - inside my brainI hope we're not all so different that we're all the same You go off and cook yoursI'll sit right here and cook minewe'll have to meet up and go shootingto see what we find cooking bullets - write them down with a penIf I fire and miss, I'll just cook some more again cooking bullets..... And it goes on for a while longer I'm glad to know the term for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted July 29, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 I've been on 24/7 The Cars kick lately and Ric Ocasek is a master of anaphora. You Might ThinkYou might think I'm crazy to hang around with you.Or maybe you think I'm lucky has something to do.But I think that you're wild ... You're All I've Got TonightI don't care if you hurt me some more.I don't care if you even the score.Well, you can knock me and I don't care ...(I can't recall what it's called when it flips to the end) Touch And GoAll I need is what you've got.All I'll tell is what you're not.All you know is what you hear ... etc!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fenderbender66 Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 Here's one I wrote, does this count? How do I say what I need to saywhen everything comes out wronghow can I say that I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted July 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 30, 2009 Yeah, it counts. Nice one, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted July 30, 2009 Members Share Posted July 30, 2009 Good calls on the Cars and Neil Young. I know I rely on this device quite a bit, but it's more of a crutch than a hook, and I always have more conventional hooks in there, too. The only one of mine that comes to mind is, You can take me for granted,But don't take me for a fool Does that count? I'm having a hard time coming up with examples from popular song, but I know they're out there. "Imagine" is another Lennon one that uses it. There's probably a lot of them from his lazy songwriter period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted July 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 30, 2009 Why do you think it's a crutch or lazy? I just consider it another tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted July 30, 2009 Members Share Posted July 30, 2009 I also consider it a tool, a speciality one. Its one that needs to be in your bag even though you might not use it every day because every once in a while it will be exactly what the job needs. When done correctly I think it can be very effective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted July 30, 2009 Members Share Posted July 30, 2009 Why do you think it's a crutch or lazy? I just consider it another tool. It's the tool I reach for when I've got no other ideas. That makes it a crutch for me, but I'm not disparaging the device itself. It's my full-step modulation for the final chorus, you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted July 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 30, 2009 I hear ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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