Gwendolyn+Brooks+Songs

__Song 1: The Caterpiller by The Cure__
 * This song is very simple. It talks about how the character loves a girl. He states that she "glows inside his head". He very simplistically describes her, extremely similarly to "Of Robert Frost" by Gwendolyn Brooks.**

Flicka flicka flicka Here you are Cata cata cata Caterpillar girl Flowing in And filling up my hopeless heart Oh never never go Dust my lemon lies With powder pink and sweet The day I stop Is the day you change And fly away from me

You flicker And you're beautiful You glow inside my head You hold me hynotized I'm mesmerized Your flames The flames that kiss me dead  Song 2: Swallowed By The Sea by Coldplay 

This song uses extremely detailed imagery, which is very similar to that of Mrs. Brooks' works.

I can only blame myself You can only blame me
 * You cut me down a tree**
 * And brought it back to me**
 * And that's what made me see**
 * Where I was going wrong**
 * You put me on a shelf**
 * And kept me for yourself** (Imagery)

And I could write a song Well, that's where I belong And you belong with me
 * A hundred miles long** (Imagery)

And I could write it down Or spread it all around Get lost and then get found Or swallowed in the sea

And darling that's when I Decided to go to see you
 * You put me on a line**
 * And hung me out to dry** (Imagery)

You cut me down to size And opened up my eyes Made me realize What I could not see

And I could write a book The one they'll say that shook The world, and then it took It took it back from me

And I could write it down Or spread it all around Get lost and then get found And you'll come back to me Not swallowed in the sea

Ooh...

And I could write a song Well, that's where I belong And you belong with me
 * A hundred miles long** (Imagery)

The streets you're walking on Well, that's where I belong And you belong with me
 * A thousand houses long** (Imagery)

Oh what good is it to live With nothing left to give Forget but not forgive Not loving all you see

Oh the streets you're walking on A thousand houses long Well that's where I belong And you belong with me Not swallowed in the sea

You belong with me Not swallowed in the sea Yeah, you belong with me Not swallowed in the sea

__Song 3: All These Lives by Daughtry__
 * This song writes about everyday life, which is a similar prose to how Gwendolyn wrote "a song in the front yard". It also uses imagery to describe the situations.**


 * Doesn't come down when she calls,**
 * "It's time for breakfast."**
 * Momma can't get down those halls**
 * Fast enough to see**
 * Glass is sprayed across the floor**
 * From the broken window.**
 * She can't breathe anymore.**
 * Can't deny what we know.** (Imagery)

They're gonna find you, just believe. You're not a person; you're a disease.

All these lives that you've been taking, Deep inside, my heart is breaking. Broken homes from separation. Don't you know it's violation? It's so wrong, but you'll see. Never gonna let you take my world from me. But you ain't comin' in. You ain't comin' in.
 * The world outside these walls may know** (Personification) you're breathing,

Posters hung on building walls Of missing faces. Months go by without the cause, The clues, or traces.

They're gonna find you, just believe. You're not a person; you're a disease.

All these lives that you've been taking, Deep inside, my heart is breaking. Broken homes from separation. Don't you know it's violation? It's so wrong, but you'll see. Never gonna let you take my world from me. The world outside these walls may know you're breathing, But you ain't comin' in.

Shed the light on all the ones who never thought they would become A father, mother asking why this world can be so cold.

Doesn't come down when she calls, "It's time for breakfast." The memories begin to fall. She asks, "When will I be free?"

All these lives that you've been taking, Deep inside, my heart is breaking. Broken homes from separation. Don't you know it's violation? It's so wrong, but you'll see. Never gonna let you take my world from me. The world outside these walls may know you're breathing, But you ain't comin' in.

All these lives that you've been taking, Deep inside, my heart is breaking. All these lives that you've been taking, Deep inside, my heart is breaking. All these lives that you've been taking, Deep inside, my heart is breaking. The world outside these walls may know you're breathing, The world outside these walls may know you're breathing, But you ain't comin' in.