I am a Rock. The meaning of Paul Simon's poem
Date Submitted: 01/29/2002 06:34:03
Category: / Arts & Humanities / Music
Length: 2 pages (578 words)
Category: / Arts & Humanities / Music
Length: 2 pages (578 words)
I Am A Rock
Paul Simon said that the person or people in his poem were sick of society, and wanted to be isolated away from society. He represents this by saying that they want to be like a rock, or like an island. They wanted to be isolated away from society.
The poem talks about people being sick of society, and want to be isolated from it. Even in the first line, he made …
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…hurt. If he was isolated, and like a rock, then he would be in good shape.
Paul Simon simply used a rock to symbolify how the person wanted to feel. 'They' wanted to be isolated from society, which obviously hurt him in some way. 'I am a Rock' and no one can reach me on my island, is what Paul Simon wanted to put in the minds of the listeners, in my opinion at least.
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