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Name: FORMTEXT ?????Date: FORMTEXT ?????Facilitator: FORMTEXT ?????School: FORMTEXT ?????4.02 Transcendental MusicDirections: Read the stanzas from the two songs below. Then answer the questions that follow using textual evidence to support your answers.Song #1 The Muse “Uprising”Another promise, another seedAnother, packaged lie to keep us trapped in greedAnd all the, green belts wrapped around our mindsAnd endless red tape to keep the truth confined(So come on)They will not force usThey will stop degrading usThey will not control usWe will be victoriousSo come onSong #2 John Lennon “Imagine”You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as oneImagine no possessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed or hungerA brotherhood of manImagine all the peopleSharing all the world...1. How do these two poems/songs present the ideas that Thoreau illustrates in Walden? FORMTEXT ?????2. Do these poems/songs differ in their approach towards life? Are they pessimistic or optimistic? FORMTEXT ?????3. Find your own example of a transcendental song. Copy and paste one or two stanzas and explain how it is transcendental. FORMTEXT ?????4. One of Thoreau's desires was to simplify his life. Explain how you would simplify your own life, giving consideration to Thoreau's meaning of simple. Is simplification just a matter of surrendering possessions, or is it something more? FORMTEXT ?????5. Thoreau “wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.” How can you apply this in your life? FORMTEXT ????? ................
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