1. The Crystal Ship
Jim Morrison

2. Thesis Speaker/subject: fame/ love. (parallels speaker:Jim Morrison)
Techniques: Metaphors, and various sound devices are mostly prominent; assonance and consonance create a melodic tune
.Imagery represents the pain the speaker feels.

3. Verse Form Lyric poem Can be free or rhymed; this one rhymes
Thoughts/feelings of a single speaker
Musical quality

4. Stanza Form/Rhyme scheme
four sets of quatrains
aaaa, bbbb, cccc, ddee

5. Metrical Foot First line=iambic pentameter
other lines are iambic tetrameter
U / U / U / U / U /
Before you slip into unconsciousness
U / U / U / U /
I'd like to have another kiss

6. Stanza 1 Before you slip into unconsciousness (a)
Metaphor
Assonance
Imagery
Repetition
The rhyme scheme mainly true rhyme.
Before you slip into unconsciousness (a)
I'd like to have another kiss (a)
Another flashing chance at bliss (a)
Another kiss, another kiss (a)
difficulty of letting go of someone you love.

7. Stanza 2 The days are bright and filled with pain
Enclose me in your gentle rain
The time you ran was too insane (b)
We'll meet again, we'll meet again (b)
(near rhyme)
struggle of living one's life to the fullest, while still holding on to the past.
Metaphor
Assonance
Imagery
Repetition
Alliteration
Allusion

8. Stanza 3 Oh tell me where your freedom lies
The streets are fields that never die
Deliver me from reasons why
You'd rather cry, I'd rather fly
Coping and moving on
Metaphor
Assonance
Imagery
Repitition

9. Stanza 4 Saying good-bye The crystal ship is being filled
Metaphor
Assonance
Asssonance
Imagery
Hyperbole
Repieition
Alliteration
The crystal ship is being filled
A thousand girls, a thousand thrills
A million ways to spend your time
When we get back, I'll drop a line
Saying good-bye

10. Overall Theme Love vs. Fame and Fortune.
Jim Morrison was rising to stardom after a breakup.
Metaphors evoke melancholy tone= emotions the speaker goes through thinking about a woman he loved.
fame can change a person's perspective on life, but it can't change how they once loved.

11. Audrey White
1st hour