Classwork : Pink Floyd VS Boston

“Rock n’ rolls band” by Boston                                  
Tone- reminiscent
3 devices:
Local color
-“dancing’ in the streets of Hyannis”
-“playing’ for a week in Rhode Island”
- “just another band out of Boston”
Imagery
-“everybody’s waiting’\ getting’ crazy”
-“people stood in line”
-“on the car radio”
Characterization
-“he smoked a big cigar”
-“playing all the bars”
-“sleeping in our cars”
-“we barely made enough to survive”









“Have a cigar” by Pink Floyd
Tone- dogmatic
3 devices:
Hyperbole:
-“I’ve always had deep respect”
-“which ones Pink?”
-“riding the gravy train”
-so happy we can hardly count”
-“everybody else is just green”
“You’re never gonna die”
Characterization:
-“have a cigar”
-“if we pull together as a team”
-we’re just knocked out”
Point of view:
-“you’re gonna go far”