Last week I was driving around when Madonna and Lil’Wayne’s song Revolver came on the radio. I immediately thought of Dickinson’s poem. I found it interesting that the metaphor of a gun was still being used, though after looking up the lyrics I realized the imagine of a gun was about as far as the connection went. I actually find the song sort of regressive. Dickinson has a much more progressed view of women then the song does. Considering the time difference between the two it’s pretty shocking.
I found the song sort of catchy and had my blog all figured out. And THEN I read the lyrics and all my thoughts were ill-placed. I still wanted to mention the song because for some reason the connection is stuck in my head.
I totally agree with you though, it is an interesting connection until you look at the specific lyrics. BUT STILL it is interesting the metaphor of a gun with the most post-modern celebrities like Madonna in comparison to the great Dickinson. What you trailed off into kind of makes me relate into our current class discussions. (I could be way off but im going to attempt this) Its interesting that Dickinson, in the past, used the metaphor of a gun in a progressive way for women's views. How it is something real. And yet, yearrrrs later one would think we would be far more progressed and developed, however the present (or to Dickinson- futuristic) example is regressive? It is arbitrary and represents no meaning, rather signifers thrown around our society.
ReplyDeleteI have trouble explaining my thoughts on this topic because it is quite challenging, but hopefully i got through just a little! Either way, great post!
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