IMAGINE THERE’S NO HEAVEN IMAGINE NO POSSESSIONS

IT’S EASY IF YOU TRY I WONDER IF YOU CAN

NO HELL BELOVE US NO NEED FOR GREED OR HUNGER

ABOVE US ONLY SKY A BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE

LIVING FOR TODAY…. SHARING ALL THE WORLD……

IMAGE THERE’S NO CUNTRIES YOU MAY SAY I’M A DREAMER

IT ISN’T HARD TO DO BUT I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE

NOTHING TO KILL OR DIE FOR I HOPE SOMEDAY YOU’LL JOIN US

AND NO RELIGION TOO AND THE WORLD WILL LIVE AS ONE

IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE

LIVING LIFE IN PEACE…..

YOU MAY SAY I’M A DREAMER

BUT I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE

I HOPE SOMEDAY YOU’LL JOIN US

AND THE WORLD WILL BE AS ONE

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WORK PROCEDURE

• Just considering the title the reader may expect the singer imagines something peculiar.

• For example something he/she likes, or he would like to be, or something unreal because the verb is “imagine”.

• John Lennon (the writer and singer of the song) invites the reader to imagine, because he uses the imperative.

• CAMPOLATTANO

• CAPPELLARO

• DE LELLIS

• MAZZARELLA

• SAVINO

•THE SONG IS ORGANIZED INTO FIVE

STANZAS.

•THREE STANZAS HAVE GOT SIX LINES

AND TWO HAVE GOT FOUR.

•To discover how the media present the problem of peace

•To create a Power Point Presentation illustrating the objective.

The procedure followed

•Listen to the song “Imagine”;

•Write a paragraph about the effect of the song ;

•Write a textual analysis following the teacher’s guidelines

•Describe expectation raised by title

•Analyze structure

•Analyze sound level, word order and figures of speech

•Draw possible conclusion on the message of the song.

•slow rhythm singer wanted to give listeners time to understand he is right about the problem of peace.

•relaxing effect effect similar to a lullaby.

•singer’s voice accompanied by a piano.

•a solo singer: John Lennon.

TITLE AND EXPECTATIONS

the reader may expect the song to be about something the singer imagines something he likes, or he would like to be

or even something unreal because of the imperative “imagine”.

John Lennon (the writer and singer of the song) invites the reader to imagine use of imperative in the title.

STRUCTURE AND DENOTATION

Lyric organized into five stanzas. •The singer imagines the world without heaven and hell.•The singer adds that people who listen to the song may say that he is a dreamer,•He hopes that they will join him one day. •He imagines the world as one where all the people live their life in peace.

CONNOTATION and KEY WORDS

MEANINGFUL CONTRASTS

Heaven and hell are both metaphors expressing the idea of good and bad.

They are also in in contrast.

KEY WORDS•“only the sky above” “people ,no countries” “no reason to kill”, “no religion”

•the verb “join” with the object pronoun “us”. •”imagine there’s no countries”•“and the world will live as one”.

SOUND AND THE LISTENER

•slow rhythm•singer’s voice is accompanied by a piano.

•a solo singer: John Lennon.

SOME POSSIBLE ASPECTS

• The sound effect: a wide distance, an open space without borders between countries

• The semantic choices recall the domain of different colours: peace the idea of the white colour

• hell reminds red • colour are in contrast: white purity, innocence red blood and violence. • anaphors {

insists on the message• refrain {

• The Internet to find the lyric

• The video of the song

• The dictionary to look for the meaning of the words we did not know.

• Guidelines for textual analysis