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Rhetorical Analysis Of Emerson's In The When

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Punk has declined into a death crawl. Due to new technology and sound mixing, the influence of changing culture with more supportive ideas, waves of individuality causing drastic changes in popular style; the transition from pure vocal to electronic overlay, to the journey from child to teenager full of angst and depression, bitterness, and fight. The change from rage to disgruntled and fragile stability and not completely complacent, shows how little the original feelings of rage have changed even though the exterior shows only growing frustration. Emotions bleed through and prove the truth in their words. Themes of life turning to death, rotting in coffins, play out alongside upbeat tempos, yelling and wailing guitar, while the lyrics prove that songs that reference dying represent life the best. Battle cries fill their ears and entire awareness, but the fight rages not against the bleeding backs of the British, but rather against oneself in an internal struggle disguised as a cultural rebellion. The genre of punk gives urgency and determination to be against the norm. As the years quickly pass since then, the need to scream lessens, while the need to for understanding intensifies as does the complexity of world teenagers must deal with. . In …show more content…

When I attempted to incorporate the types of rhetorical devices he used, my ideas changed slightly to a different variation of the same thought. I used asyndeton to integrate the feeling of the fast paced and excitable music into the writing, because it builds tension. The allusion added a historical element while also doubling as a metaphor to illustrate the similarities found between teenagers and American colonists in 1776. The worst part occurred when I tried to add sentences after writing sentences whose length alternated from long to

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