Question

1. Identify one allusion in the song. You may need to research any unfamiliar references in the song lyrics to determine the allusion. Paste or type the lines in the space below.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The most prominent formal feature of the song Get Up, Stand Up is its chorus; essentially it advocates struggling to better one’s situation and not accepting one’s fate in this life on the basis of some afterlife promise. The written verse consists of four lines, all of which begin with, “Get up, stand up,” and finish with “stand up for your rights,” save for the last line (this however varies as the song goes on); and additionally all four lines are made up of nine short monosyllabic feet. The repetition of such a powerful phrase, the staccato like monosyllables, and the imperative (commanding) tense in which the lines are written and sung, serve to materialize the immediacy and importance, Marley is attempting to convey with regard to the subject at hand. The lines effectively evoke ideas of militant chants one would expect to hear at a strike or revolutionary rally. Where I feel the Wailers differentiate this chorus from a hollow chant sung by and for automatons, is by using the word “your” when singing about rights. This way it appears as though the band is singing directly to the audience, and to each member individually. I feel that if they had instead chosen to word the phrase “stand up for our rights,” it would not possess the same intimate universality that it does.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

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