A Look At The Lyrics Of Snow

The lyrics of the song snow sung by Tidtaya Sinutoke and Ty Defoe, talk about imaginative andnrealistic people and how these two can be friends. The lyrics of snow show two types of person,imaginative ones and realistic ones, and how they can be friends.

First of all, Tidtaya Sinutoke, one of the singers, says in the lyrics that she is an imaginative person, this is based on: “I only could Imagine how it falls out from the sky”.This shows that she does imagine things like the snow falling from the sky. Then, she says: “will it fall from the sky everywhere, will it swirl in the ground everywhere.” This moment shows that she can imagine the snow falling from the sky and clothing the earth. Finally, she says: “we can build igloo and ice castles”. This shows the imagination of Tidtaya Sinutoke because she sees ice castles and igloo.

On the other hand, Ty Defoe says in the lyrics that she is a realistic person. This is based on: “the north where I’m from, I mean that’s real snow.” This shows that Defoe sees the snow as she can see it, without using her imagination. Then, after Tidtaya asks if the snow is only white, Defoe answers:“no, it is dirty and sometimes yellow”.This shows that she is a realistic person because she says what she has seen of the snow and not how she imagines it.

Finally, after Tidtaya says “will it swirl in the ground everywhere”, Defoe answers: “no are you crazy, it’s wet”. This line suggests that Defoe is sticking to reality because she says “no are you crazy” like saying this is ridiculous, and then, she says the snow “turns wet”.This is what happens in the real world. Even though Tidtaya Sinutoke and Ty Defoe seem to be like water and oil, surprisingly they become friends. This is based on what Tidtaya says: “we are like real friends.” This is a cue of her friendship with Defoe. Then, Defoe says: besties. This shows his friendship with Tidtaya.

Finally, at the end of the song Tidtaya says: “we will play in the snow”. This part shows the friendship between Tidtaya Sinutoke and Ty Defoe because Tidtaya says “we”, different from the beginning of the song when she said “I”. This means that now they are friends.

In conclusion, the lyrics of the song snow shows imaginative and idealistic people and how they can become friends despite their differences and disagreements.

Snow is fun

Ooo, ooo…

Ooo  ooo…

Snow, snow is fun!

Ooo, ooo…

She’s from the north.

She looks pretty bored,

Her heart is ice cold, 

Like… the white snow.

She doesn’t like it,

Since, she is tired.

Her name is Ty and

No more maple syrup

To sweeten snow time.

Ty’s friend is sinutoke,

She laughs all the time.

His home is Thailand’s paradise.

Defoe’s friend is fun.

She says: I play with the snow.

It’s like where i’m from,

Snowy paradise of fun.

Ooo, ooo!

Ooo, ooo!

Snow, snow is fun.

Ooo, ooo!

Ty says: are you crazy

Nooo, snow is amazing,

Wonderful, beautiful, can we

Play with the snow ty?

She can’t say no, to those angel eyes.

So, they are besties now,

Like friends playing xbox one

Then, two lives turn into one. 

Ty found snow sweet side

She just wants to pass a good time

With his friend, while looking at the snow

Falling from the sky.

Ooo, ooo!

Snow, snow is fun.

Ooo, ooo!

Snow, Snow is fun.

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This course boosted up my understanding because before taking the course, I was struggling with understanding big subjects, but after taking the course, I was able to grasp big subjects in a small amount of time by looking at what is important and useful and overall, i did it well. Also, my understanding was better than before because of evidence. This course helped me to use evidence to support my understanding of a particular topic and in that, I did good. Besides, understanding and evidence were my boat and oars that took me to the island of meaning, a place where art comes to life like a turtle seeing sunlight for the first time. As a turtle, I was slowly finding meaning in art and in that I did not do so good. After getting used to understanding, evidence and meaning, I was learning to locate art in a specific time and I did not do it very well. Finally, with all these pieces together such as evidence, meaning and history of art, the last thing i did was how to quote quotes and i did it well.    

Snow’s lyrics analysis is straightforward and to the point but it lacks a title, a strong conclusion and some themes such as friendship and Tidtaya’s perspective are not well explained and discussed . Although this analysis is plain and concise, it has weaknesses and nonsense because there is no title, the conclusion and Titya’s character are unfinished and unpolished. In general terms, this analysis check at length snows’s lyrics in a plain and clear way, but, it lacks of title, well development of character and a strong and condensed conclusion

The song I wrote for the Genre Translation Project was good and creative. In fact, I think that this was the most creative and ingenious way I could take for doing something for the Genre Translation Project because though the song is inspired by Snow’s song, I add my personality to the song,I wrote the lyrics, the rhymes and the chorus of this new and original song. For example, a line of this song says: “Snow is wonderful and beautiful”. This shows Snow’s influence on my work but also it shows how I extended it with words that are not present in the original song. Hence, the song I wrote for the genre translation project is fine and creative. 

The essay about calderon de la barca as the culmination of spanish baroque theater is well but not perfect because even though it does use evidence and reasoning, it lacks clarity and a well elaborated quotation of evidence because in the course of the essay i talk about a lot of things and then at the end i forget the purpose of the essay, saying why Calderon de la Barca is the culmination of Spanish baroque theater. Regarding elaborated quotation evidence, I do say the source of the evidence but I do not say the date of the publication. Summing up, this essay was good but it could have been better if I kept saying why calderon de la Barca is the culmination of Spanish baroque theater and using proper quotation of sources. 

Summing up, I did Snow’s lyrics analysis well, it is clear and concise but, at the same time it left behind significant aspects of the lyrics like Tidtaya’s character or Friendship’s theme. On the other hand, I did the Genre Translation Project better than the lyrics analysis because I enjoyed this project, I enjoyed writing a song and it was fun. And finally, I did the essay of Calderon De La Barca well but i think that i could do it better because it does not perfectly show my vision and my idea of Calderon De La Barca. My favorite work to do is The Genre Translation Project. This really proved to me that art is beautiful, awesome and powerful. The genre translation project was the best thing about this course.

Calderón de la Barca is the culmination of Spanish Baroque theater. Pedro Calderon is known as one of the most known baroque writers of the Spanish golden age. The time between 1580 and 1680 is called the Golden Age in Spain, when art and literature flourished. Calderon lived when the Spanish Golden Age theatre was being defined by Lope de Vega, he developed it further, his work is known as the culmination of the Spanish Baroque theatre.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca born on 17 January in 1600. He studied at a jesuit school, then at the university of Alcala and finally at the University of Salamanca, according to: “Educated at the Jesuit Colegio Imperial, Calderón studied logic and rhetoric at the University of Alcala (1614-15) and canon law at the University of Salamanca (1615-21).( article Life is Dream by Nelson Orringer and Pamela S.Loy)”. This shows that Pedro Calderon was an educated and prepared man. This is also supported by the following: “Calderón was educated at the Jesuit College in Madrid, where he prepared to take holy orders. But before his studies were completed, he enrolled in the university at Salamanca to study law (Life is a Dream from the book Drama for Students). This shows that Calderon de La Barca had religious and law knowledge. Summing up, both sources say that Calderon went to school and then to college, however they do not agree in everything with what exactly Calderon was learning at the schools he went to because the source Life is Dream  says that he was studying logic rhetoric and law but the other source Life is a Dream 1 say that Calderon was studying religion and law.

After Calderon ended his education, he became known by the literary competitions held in the 1620s. This is according to the following piece of evidence: “The literary career of the young poet was launched by the competitions from 1620 to 1622”.(Pedro Calderón De la Barca by Mathew D Stroud). Then, “in 1622, Calderon became Spain’s court poet”(Life is a Dream 1). These two pieces of evidence show the rise of Calderon to stardom. Calderón goes from being in competitions to being court’s poet, a meteorical change. In expanded form, Pedro Calderón De la Barca says how Calderon became court ‘s poet and (Life is a Dream 1) states that.

On the other hand, Calderon was court’s poet meaning that he was close to the king and this is going to be important later, but first thing first. In 1623, Calderón performed his first play Amor, Honor y Poder, according to Pedro Calderón De la Barca. Now, it is time to talk about the issue with the king. In fact, because Calderon was court’s poet and he gained the favor of the king based on Pedro by Jodi Campbell. So, the king named it director of all plays produced in the royal palace. This is supported by:  “In the 1630s, the king named Calderón director of all plays produced in the royal palace”(Life is Dream). This has to do everything with Calderon’s way towards becoming the culmination of Spanish Baroque Theater because, a little bit of learning time. The baroque was an art adopted by the kings according to Baroque, an article by Philip L. Sohm . This is suggesting that during the 1630s Calderon was doing Baroque plays but this is not all because it is in 1636, when Calderon performed Life is a Dream. This is based on: “Published in 1636 and considered one of the best known theatrical works of Spanish theater during the baroque period(La vida es Sueño by spain arts and culture)”. This shows that Life is a dream was a success of the Baroque Period but why. Well, it is good to know that the creator of life’s dream was an educated and gifted man; we are talking about “one of the finest playwrights of world literature(De La Barca by Babel Matrix)”. “Known as one of the most distinguished Baroque writers of the Spanish Golden Age”(Calderon De La Barca by Discography of American Recordings). This is saying at screams that Calderon is a genius playwright and this is not a surprise because he went to school and college, later, he became known in a literary competition and then he became court poet and then the director of all plays produced in the royal palace. Calderon was just a very fine playwright.

But, let’s dive into Life is a dream. Life is a dream is about a king who visited an astrologist to see the future of his son. The astrologer told him that his son is going to be a bad guy. So, the king imprisoned his son. This is according to the following piece of evidence: “the piece relates the story of Segismundo, Prince of Poland, who has been imprisoned by his father, King Basilio, following a dire prophecy that the prince would bring disaster to the country and death to the King.(La vida es Sueño)” This shows themes of fate, hierarchy and rationality, the three key characteristics themes of Baroque works, this is based on: “Like Baroque works elsewhere, those in Spain were concerned with issues such as hierarchy, rationality, and willpower.(Life is Dream), because in the story there is a king, this is hierarchy. Because in the story, the king believed what the astrologer told him, he is not using his reason, this is rationality and the king believed that the fate of his son is to be a bad guy and willpower worth nothing here, this is willpower. So, these three themes of the Baroque period lie in the story of Life is Dream.

All this is saying that Calderon was a Baroque playwright but he also represents Spanish Baroque theater because besides talking about the themes of the baroque, in life is a dream he also talks about something that Spain of seventeenth century was passing through, that is deceit. The Spaniards were disappointed with Spain’s power because they were losing wars, this is according to Life is Dream. So, the Spaniards were disappointed with the pursuit of power and thus they were like awakening from a dream because they are no longer the powerful nation they believed they were. Then, the term deceit became known among the Spaniards of that time according to Life is Dream. Summing up, Calderon addresses the themes of the baroque: Hierarchy, rationality and willpower. And also, he addresses the theme of deceit, turning Life is a dream into Spanish and baroque style.

“Without any doubt, Calderon’s most famous play is La vida es sueiio, or Life is a Dream. Not only does it occupy an almost unique position within Spanish literature, but it is one of the few Spanish works to be universally included in the canon of world literature (Pedro Calderón De la Barca)” .Pedro Calderon de la Barca is the culmination of Spanish Baroque theater because in life is a dream he talks about the major concerns of Spanish Baroque theater. He talks about Hierarchy, rationality, willpower and deceit. So, people liked it and it just became famous and praised. Thus the image of Calderon is of one the finest playwright of literature that took the baroque to his last consequences.

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Life is Dream

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