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Can poetry be assimilated to music?

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Created on September 17, 2025

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Can poetry be assimilated to music?

Well, let's see !

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Strange fruit - Billie Holliday

Listen to the song and write what you can hear

  • What is the main theme?
  • What is the meaning of "strange fruit"? Why do you think she uses the term "fruit" instead of naming things ?
  • What natural element is mentioned?
  • What emotion does she try to evoke on the listener?
  • What do you think Billie Holliday denounces?
Siegfried Sassoon - The Redeemer

Read the poem and highlight what you understand

  • What is happening in this poem?
  • What kind of atmosphere does the poem create? Which words or imagesgive you this feeling?
  • Who is speaking in this poem, and what is their attitude towards the situation?
  • What ideas or message do you think the poet wants to communicate about war, religion or morality?
  • Which words or pictures in the poem do you notice the most and what do these words make you think about or feel?