Tuesday, August 30, 2011

"Across the Universe" by the Beatles

1. Identify three images in this song.
2. Are any of these images symbols in context? Explain.
3. Explain one symbol that you know to be a symbol.

1. a) "Words are flying out like endless rain into a paper cup." b) "Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes." c) "Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns..."
2/3. I thought that the line that said "limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns..." was a symbol for the brightness of love and the effect that such love can have on people. It has the power to bring the joy (and almost enlightenment of the light of a million suns) to people, whether through love shown to them or love from them. The speaker seems to want to prove how important and amazing it is that just faithful attachment to one another can make such a huge difference.

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