Anna+Akhmatova

=Anna Akhmatova=

Background Information
Anna Akhmatova used writing as a form of expression while everyone around her was dying. Her full name is Anna Andreevna Gorenko, but she used the name “Anna Akhmatova”, which was her grandmother’s maiden name, because her father did not approve of his name being used for her writing. Anna was born June 23, 1889 in Odessa of the Russian Empire (which is not Ukraine) and died in Moscow at age 76 on March 5, 1966. Anna made others want to read her poems, “In fact, Akhmatova transformed personal experience in her work through a series of masks and mystifications” (“Anna Akhmatova”). Akhmatova wrote about her experiences in Russia that she felt impact her life in a grand way; it could be the revolution, becoming a “housewife”, or the death of her friend, husband or son—with all the death and depression in her life, she had enough misery to write about. Anna kept positive and soon gained high ratings in her romance and fantasy poetry. She never explicitly states that she writes to keep others around her positive, but it is shown in her romantic poetry. Akhmatova never had any particular audience to write to, but her poetry mostly towards adults and that level of writing. Anyone who wished to read her works would be able to (once they translated the Russian), but they are mostly written for adults. Anna assumes that her readers are those who are older, so she focuses on higher vocabulary and what those around her would be able to understand.

There is definitely a correlation between the world that surrounded Anna and how she wrote. Akhmatova often suggests towards the revolution and the numerous deaths during that time period in her poetry and memoirs. The life around her affects her so deeply that her output for her emotions is through her works. Anna writes about her husband(s) her son, the revolution, her country, a change in her life—anything. The realism in her poetry allows readers, especially readers in her generation, to connect and empathize with her. Her works have made history; most of the fame comes from her time period because even Stalin did not have the power or the nerve to publish her poetry, yet more people had enjoyed reading it.

Writing Techniques of Anna
She uses... -correct grammar, spelling -no particular “style” besides using proper grammar, spelling, etc. -metaphors, imagery, anecdote, personification, and the other types of figurative language

Song Connections

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//You Will Hear Thunder// You will hear thunder and remember me, And think: she wanted storms. The rim Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson , And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.

That day in Moscow, it will all come true, when, for the last time, I take my leave, And hasten to the heights that I have longed for, Leaving my shadow still to be with you. || ====Song====

//King of Anything// By Sara Bareilles

Oh (oh oh oh) Oh (oh oh oh) Oh (oh oh oh) Oh (oh oh oh)

Keep drinkin' coffee Stare me down across the table While I look outside

So many things I'd say if only I were able But I just keep quiet And count the cars that pass by

You've got opinions, man We're all entitled to 'em But I never asked

So let me thank you for your time And try to not waste any more of mine Get out of here fast

I hate to break it to you, babe But I'm not drowning There's no one here to save

Who cares if you disagree? You are not me Who made you king of anything? So you dare tell me who to be Who died and made you king of anything?

Oh (oh oh oh) Oh (oh oh oh) Oh (oh oh oh) Oh (oh oh oh)

You sound so innocent All full of good intent You swear you know best

But you expect me to Jump up on board with you And ride off into your delusional sunset

I'm not the one who's lost With no direction oh But you'll never see

You're so busy makin' maps With my name on them in all caps You've got the talkin' down Just not the listening

And who cares if you disagree? You are not me Who made you king of anything? So you dare tell me who to be Who died and made you king of anything?

All my life I've tried To make everybody happy while I Just hurt And hide Waitin' for someone to tell me it's my turn To decide.

Oh (oh oh oh) Oh (oh oh oh) Oh (oh oh oh) Oh (oh oh oh)

Who cares if you disagree? You are not me. Who made you king of anything? So you dare tell me who to be. Who died and made you king of anything?

Who cares if you disagree? You are not me. Who made you king of anything? So you dare tell me who to be. Who died and made you king of anything?

Let me hold your crown, babe. Oh ohhhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhh || ====Connections====

Metaphor (A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an  object or action to which it is not literally applicable ) Poem: "And your hear, as it was then, will be on fire" Song: "And ride of into your delusional sunset" - It is a metaphor because the heart can't really be "on fire", and there is no type of sunset that is "delusional".

Imagery (Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses) Poem: "Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson" Song: "I hate to break it to you, babe But I'm not drowning" - Imagery because Anna describes the sky as the color of "hard crimson" and Bareilles explains that she's not figuratively drowning.

Metaphor (A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an  object or action to which it is not literally applicable) Poem: "Leaving my shadow still to be with you" Song: " Who died and made you king of anything?" - One cannot literally "leave" their shadow someplace, and the man was never literally "kind of anything" at all. ||


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//A widow in black//

A widow in black -- the crying fall Covers all hearts with a depressing cloud ... While her man’s words are clearly recalled, She will not stop her lamentations loud. It will be so, until the snow puff Will give a mercy to the pined and tired Forgetfulness of suffering and love -- Though paid by life -- what more could be desired? || ====Song====

//My Heart Will Go On// By Celine Deion

Every night in my dreams I see you, I feel you That is how I know you go on. Far across the distance And spaces between us You have come to show you go on

Near... Far... Wherever you are I believe that the heart does go on Once more... You open the door And you're here in my heart And my heart will go on and on

Love can touch us one time And last for a lifetime And never let go till we're gone Love was when I loved you One true time I hold to In my life we'll always go on

Near... Far... Wherever you are I believe that The heart does go on Once more... You open the door And you're here in my heart And my heart will go on and on

You're here There's nothing I fear And I know that My heart will go on We'll stay Forever this way You are safe in my heart And my heart will go on and on || ====Connections====

Personification (Giving something, non-human or an object, human characteristics) Poem: "It will be so, until the snow puff Will give a mercy to.." Song: "Love can touch us one time And last for a lifetime And never let go till we're gone" - Personification because the snow is claiming to "giving.. mercy" and love can "touch" and "[never] let go", but both of those characteristics are human, which snow and love cannot have.

Imagery (Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses) Poem: "Covers all hearts with a depressing cloud" Song: "Once more... You open the door" - It is imagery because it is a description of what the cloud supposedly looks like and the person is claimed to "open the door" (of one's heart).

Idiom (A set of words that have more than one meaning behind them) Poem: "Though paid by life -- what more could be desired?" Song: "Every night in my dreams I see you, I feel you That is how I know you go on" - For the poem, it is an idiom because the question is not truly meant to be answered, it is rhetorical, and the enitre phrase is saying what is better than paying by death? And the song is explaining and expressing how much the writer loves another person. ||


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//Everything//

Everything’s looted, betrayed and traded, black death’s wing’s overhead. Everything’s eaten by hunger, unsated, so why does a light shine ahead? By day, a mysterious wood, near the town, breathes out cherry, a cheery perfume. By night, on July’s sky, deep, and transparent, new constellations are thrown.

And something miraculous will come close to the darkness and ruin, something no-one, no-one, has known, though we’ve longed for it since we were children. || ====Song====

//Come Home// By One Republic

//[Verse 1]// Hello world Hope you're listening Forgive me if I’m young For speaking out of turn There’s someone I’ve been missing I think that they could be The better half of me They’re in the wrong place trying to make it right But I’m tired of justifying So I say to you..

//[Chorus]// Come home Come home Cause I’ve been waiting for you For so long For so long Right now there's a war between the vanities But all I see is you and me The fight for you is all I’ve ever known So come home Oh

//[Verse 2]// I get lost in the beauty Of everything I see The world ain’t half as bad As they paint it to be If all the sons, All the daughters Stopped to take it in Well hopefully the hate subsides and the love can begin It might start now, yeah Well maybe I’m just dreaming out loud Until then...

//[Chorus]// Come home Come home Cause I’ve been waiting for you For so long For so long Right now there's a war between the vanities But all I see is you and me The fight for you is all I’ve ever known Ever known So come home Oh

//[Interlude]// Everything I can’t be Is everything you should be And that’s why I need you here Everything I can’t be Is everything you should be And that’s why I need you here So hear this now...

//[Chorus]// Come home Come home Cause I’ve been waiting for you For so long For so long Right now there's a war between the vanities But all I see is you and me The fight for you is all I’ve ever known Ever known So come home Come home || ====Connection====

Repetition (repeating the same words more than once) Poem: "something no-one, no- one, has known" Song: "Come home come home Cause I've been waiting for you For so long For so long" - In both the song there is the repetition of "come home" and "for so long", and in the poem the repetition is in "no-one".

Imagery (Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses) Poem: "By day, a mysterious wood, near the town, breathes out cherry, a cheery perfume" Song: "I get lost in the beauty Of everything I see The world ain’t half as bad As they paint it to be" - Poem describes what the town smells like and the song explains how beautiful the world is.

Personification (Giving something, non-human or an object,human characteristics) Poem: "breathes out cherry, a cheery perfume" Song: "Right now there's a war between the vanities" - In the poem, the town is said to "breathe out" perfume and the "vanities" are at war with each other in the song, neither of which can truly happen, those objects/ emotions are just being personified. ||