Demons, Lucero: 1.3 Poetry Symbolism

The piece of work that I choose to represent symbolism is a song called "Ilusion" by Tk. Tk is a rock band that has three members in which all of them are composers. Tk means Thalita Kumi in Aramaic and in Spanish means “Levantate y Anda” and in English is “Get up and Walk.” According to Tk website they like to transmit ideas, demonstrate different emotions and make people think about their songs.

One of the members is Juan Francisco Escobar who is the drummer of the group. He was born in Lima, Peru on December 22, 1973. His father is from Chile and his talent comes from his father who is a singer. He began to play the drummer at the age of thirteen. He says that “A person who does not appreciate the music has no soul” and this is where he accepts the proposal of becoming one of the members of Tk.

Miguel Gionocchio who plays the keyboard: Born in Lima, Peru on April 25, 1974. He is a professional musician and played the piano in “Conservatorio Nacional.” His family is well known as a traditional musicians and he has work in many important recording studios.

Emilio Perez de Armas (singer and play the guitar) born in Lima, peru on September 25, 1974. His parents are from Spain and the talent comes from his mother family who were raised around musicians.

♫ ♫ ILUSION ♫ ♫

Estoy aquí

Sin tu querer

Le lloro a la luna

Buscándote

Voy tras tu

Sonrisa de miel

Que opacó a la luna
Y a Venus también

Coro:

Y es que tú
Te llevaste mi amor
Mi corazón
Cargado de emociones

Aun quedan tus pasos
Las huellas en mí
Y algunas ilusiones

De pronto una rosa
Que toca tus labios

Cayó rendida
En tus brazos

Al lado un poema
De sentimientos

Que pasó fugaz
Con la brisa y el viento

By: Tk

English Translation: ILLUSION

I'm here
Without your love
I cried to the moon
Looking for you

I'm going after your
Smile honey

That eclipsed the moon
And also Venus

Chorus:

And you
You took my love
My heart
Emotionally charged

There are still your steps
Traces of me
And some illusions

Suddenly a pink rose
It touches your lips

Fell rendered
In your arms

Next to a poem
of Feelings

Shooting starts
With the breeze and wind

In this song I found symbols and to make it easier I made a list of the words to show the denotation and connotation of the words/symbols. First, of all a Denotation are words with a specific definition from the dictionary. Connotation is an idea that can be implied or words that have a tone and emotional connection that a word has.

SYMBOLS

1. MOON

Denotation: any natural satellite of a planet

Connotation: as he sings "I'm here Without your love I cried to the moon Looking for you" he is trying to said that the moon is the witness of how he misses her and that he can not leave without her.

2. SMILE

Denotation: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth;

usually shows pleasure or amusement

Connotation: "I'm going after your Smile honey" he is remembering the good momments that he passed with her.

3. HONEY

Denotation: a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees

Connotation: Honey is one of many words that couples say to each other to show their love.

4. ECLIPSED

Denotation: one celestial body obscures another

Connotation: "That eclipsed the moon And also Venus" the suddendly she is not with him and everything around him is dark.

5. VENUS

Denotation: the second nearest planet to the sun

Connotation: he uses a planet to expresed that someone or something far from him/her.

6. HEART

Denotation: the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; Its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body.

Connotation: love

7. CHARGED

Denotation: of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge.

Connotation: feel overwhelm due to events that affect one person emotions. Example, "And you, You took my love, My heart, Emotionally charged"

8. STEPS

Denotation: the course along which a person has walked or is walking in.

Connotation: memories that are present in the life of the guy who is in love with the dancer "There are still your steps"

9. TRACES

Denotation: awing created by tracing

Connotation: shadows or memories that a person has been trough "Traces of me
And some illusions"

10. ILLUSIONS

Denotation: the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

Connotation: the theme of the singer is that he making the liseners to imagine events and let them thinking that something is going to happen in reality such as his video song.

11. ROSE

Denotation: a type of flower

Connotation: he compares the beauty of her with the rose.

12. LIPS

Denotation: the top edge of a vessel

Connotation: one part of the body that is attractive to the other person.

13. RENDERED

Denotation: cause to become or give back

Connotation: obey orders or fall in love but he means that everything that she touches will rendered in her foot or will service to her.

14. ARMS

Denotation: a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb.

Connotation: hugs

15. POEM

Denotation: a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

Connotation: a note that shows feelings that are expressed in a paper/poem.

16. STARS

Denotation: They are visible in the sky at night

Connotation: an amazing view

17. BREEZE

Denotation: a slight wind that usually is refreshing

Connotation: passing a hard time

18. WIND

Denotation: a tendency or force that influences events

Connotation: feel overwhelm

The first time that I heard this song was in 2006. I really like the lyrics of the song because the singer uses his imagination to show the love of a soldier who's leg was broken due to an accident and a young lady who is a dancer. But their is a bad person who is trying to separate them and that both do not give up because they are in love. In the video song they also use symbols such as fire that means war, passion and toys as describing the setting of this dream; toys that become people.