Enlighten by My Brother

Enlighten. Again. Thank You God. I got Dr. Sharifah as my supervisor. After meeting her, I was thinking of topic for my research paper and how it can be implemented in education. The song “Bittersweet Symphony” by The Verve came into my mind. I want to show in my research paper how songwriter uses literary device in portraying theme in their song. Plus, I also want to show that song can became part of literature component. This song is very significant to me. When I am downed, I listen to it. It is liked I never think about what other people think of me, my problems and how wonderful this life is. It is just us who never look inside us and see how magnificent each of us is.

For this research paper, we need to analysis two literary texts. Because song is the same as poem, I do not think it will be a problem. The problem is right now is I could not find the second song that is suitable with “Bittersweet Symphony”. While I was driving back home after picked up my brother from work, he was singing ‘Mercy’ by One Republic. When I listened and analysed the song, the songwriter is using literary devices such as symbolism in portraying theme of hope and pain. The themes are bit the same as ‘Bittersweet Symphony’. Yes. Thank you, Shafiq.