Thinking Activity on Robert Frost and Bob Dylan
As part of study we are going to Bortalav lake, Bhavnagar we enjoy trip as well as complete over task given by my teacher.
Bob Dylan and Robert Frost use the nature elements as a metaphor to give the philosophy of life in the same way. In this task we have uploaded a video in our YouTube channel in which we have merged self-clicked shots from nature and in this blog will try to bring out our philosophy of life through this video.
Bob Dylan:
Bob Dylan whose born name was Robert Allen Zimmerman he was born on the 24th may 1947 and is still alive with age of yours 18 Years 80 he is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all the time he is American singer and songwriter and a major figure of popular culture.
He has won a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 with citation, “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." He is the first one who won the Nobel Prize for writing songs. He was also awarded Pulitzer in 2018 with special citation, “for his profound impact on popular music and American culture marked by lyrical composition of extraordinary poetic power.” He has won various awards including ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’, ‘Ten Grammy Awards’, ‘a Golden Globe award’ and ‘an Academy Award.’
His most famous songs are of the 1960s. His songs like ‘blowin’ in the wind’ (1963) and ‘The times they are a changin’ (1964) are considered to be the anthems for the Civil rights and Anti-war movement.
Songs by Dylan:
Blowin in the wind
This song has been described as a protest song, self-expressing and showing reality. It possesses a series of rhetorical questions to mankind regarding their conscious ignorance of inhuman activities, racism, discrimination, peace, war and freedom, brutal cruelties of the 20th century. ‘ The answer my friend is blowing in the wind’ Through this line Dylan suggests that the solution is simply staring us in the face.
Like a Rolling Stone:
This song is considered to be a Revolutionary song. It is about the loss of Innocence and the harshness of experience. The title of the song The Rolling Stones is taken from the proverb ‘a rolling stone gathers no moss’. This song suggests the benefits of moving on. Moving on is the only solution to safeguard oneself from being destroyed by society and their taunts.
Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. His lifespan is from 1874 to 1963. His works are known for the depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. He wrote about the setting from rural New England in the early 20th century and the themes in his work were social and philosophical. Robert Frost mostly used the theme of nature for giving philosophical and social messages.
He has received four Pulitzer prizes for poetry and was honored during his lifetime. Robert Frost was a poet Laureate of Vermont in 1961 and was also nominated for the Nobel Prize Prize in Literature 31 times.
Let us go through his few poems for understanding Robert Frost’s work
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (1922)
This poem is well known with name ‘Miles to go Before I sleep’.This poem reflects the thought of a driver who is the narrator who paused in the Woods to watch a snowfall and end reminding himself that despite he loved that view he had many promises to keep and miles to go before he sleeps. The theme in this poem is about affirming a path of life and fulfilling the promises.
The Road Not Taken (1916)
True meaning of this poem is about the importance of our choices. It doesn't matter whether the choice is big or small since they shape our journey of life. This poem also deals with making the right decisions at the right time which offers the profound perception of decision-making. In this poem we can conclude that taking the Less traveled by suggested if you choose the path which is less traveled it has a great risk.
Fire And Ice (1920)
The poem “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost is a metaphor for human perceptions of desires and hatred. The two elements force of Fire is representation of an emotion of Desire and eyes with hate it is the Frost for best-known and most anthologized poem. This poem tells about the end of the world. Its theme is revolving around that the human emotions are destructive.
Here we saw that the natural elements like Woods, Road, fire and ice are used as a metaphor to give the philosophical and social messages of the life.
This is my video prepared by merging some of the nature photos of nature and the shots. I have given a sequence to the shots in this video. I am Presenting my interpretation over this video's one by one.
1.Fish in the water that gives a message like if humans together no one can harm them or big fish always eat little fish, be awake and be ready any time to fight or attack.
2. There is a small island in the lake and birds rest on them after a big fly. We have that kind of tiredness around us and literature is like an Island to rest.
3.Pain and grief being alone is part of life but we need to handle it. If you kind on people they not deserve but you kind on animals so spare your kindness and your time on animal i have shoot one old man video with dogs he was talk with this dogs and then dogs are go its like both are best friend and according my life philosophy animals and plant is best than humans.in my video this background song is more related with this part i don’t how this old man feel but i am trying to define it by my background song.
4.Life is like Mud (Depression) in your mind. If clean water (finds happiness) all dirty mud is clear otherwise it becomes more murdy. Over personality also have this mud this mud hide real beauty.
5. Waves of water it is more related to my video song it is like puzzle of life water waves if you thrown something waves are breakdown like over life if you want to solve your past problem you breakdown present happiness
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