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Doped Up Or Deep Thinker - College Paper

Doped Up Or Deep Thinker

For my book review I chose to read and write about Jim Morrison, the late frontman of The Doors. I had always heard how wonderful his poetry and how great a thinker he was and I wanted to find out for myself. I have never been a fan of The Doors' music but I have an open mind, so I decided to tackle the poems of Morrison. In reading The American Night there were several things that stood out in my mind. One was that many of the poems were ramblings of a stoned, depressed man. Speaking to several of my friends who are Morrison fans, they said it is hard to understand a lot of what he is saying without tripping. Nevertheless, a couple of poems did stand out for their vivid imagery and ...

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was demented or a genius depends on the reader's point of view.
In "Moonlight Drive" Morrison speaks of taking a girl on a moonlight drive and the images he uses takes the reader to the moon, different worlds, and the ocean.
Let's swim to the moon
Let's climb thru the tide
Penetrate the evenin'
That the city sleeps to hide
Let's swim out tonight, love
It's our turn to try
Parked beside the ocean
On our moonlight drive.
Morrison also uses repetition throughout this poem, ending each strophe, save the last with "moonlight drive." The idea of swimming to the moon, and climbing thru the tide really appealed to my senses and I sat with my eyes shut imagining what that would actually be like.
Morrison also does not seem to follow any particular pattern in his work, as do many poets. No certain structure stands out, any rhythm, flow or syllable use. Morrison wrote from the heart and let his pen flow with ink and all the different ...

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Added: 9/1/2007 02:59:05 AM
Category: English
Type: Free Paper
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