Analyzing Poetry “Space Jam”
Analyzing Poetry Space Jam
1.
· This song is about basketball, but not just basketball, the most important game of basketball ever. The Space Jam.
· This poem addresses a mythical phenomenon known as the space jam. It is a basketball game that determines the fate of the world.
2.
· Michael Jordan the god.
· The universe.
· The most important basketball game in the universe.
3.
· They keep asking if you are ready to play/watch basketball.
· Wow this pretty abstract if I do say so myself.
· Nope
· The diction of this song makes it into the groovy song it is
4.
· This poem is very ambiguous
· The two words that set the tone in this song are Space and Jam
· The tone stays the same. It is still ambiguous.
5.
· “Come on and slam and welcome to the jam” is probably one of the more integral metrical pattern lines. The line is 9 words long.
· The stanza is 31 words long
· The rhyme scheme is “AA BB”
· He does not employ any other metrical devices
· Open poem
6.
· The fact that this song is about basketball is alluded to multiple times.
· They use some onomatopoeia
· Yes the poet does.
· There is some metonymy
· There is quite a bit of punctuation
· This title is the absolute BEST title the author could have chosen
7.
· The writer is not trying to get his experiences across he’s trying to give me my own experience
· I felt my own experience and it was amazing
· It indeed does
Everybody get up it’s time to slam now
We got a real jam goin’ down
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here’s your chance do your dance at the Space Jam
Alright
Come on and slam and welcome to the jam
Come on and slam if you want to jam
Party people in the house lets go
It’s your boy “Jayski” a’ight so
Pass that thing and watch me flex
Behind my back, you know what’s next
To the jam, all in your face
Wassup, just feel the bass
Drop it, rock it, down the room
Shake it, quake it, space KABOOM
Just work that body, work that body
Make sure you don’t hurt nobody
Get wild and lose your mind
Take this thing into over-time
Hey DJ, TURN IT UP
QCD, goin’ burn it up
C’mon y’all get on the floor
So hey, let’s go a’ight
Everybody get up it’s time to slam now
We got a real jam goin’ down
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here’s your chance do your dance at the Space Jam
Alright
Wave your hands in the air if you feel fine
We’re gonna take it into overtime
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here’s your chance, do your dance at the Space Jam
Alright
C’mon it’s time to get hyped say hoop there it is
C’mon all the fellas say hoop there it is
C’mon one time for the ladies say hoop there it is
Now all the fellas say hoop there it is
C’mon and run, baby run
C’mon, c’mon, do it, run baby run
Yeah, you want a hoop so shoot, baby shoot
C’mon and slam, and welcome to the jam
C’mon and slam, if you want to jam
C’mon and slam, and welcome to the jam
C’mon and slam, if you want to jam
Slam, Bam, Thank you ma’am
Get on the floor and jam
It’s the QCD on the microphone
Girl you got me in the zone
C’mon, c’mon and start the game
Break it down, tell me your name
We the team, I’m the coach
Let’s dance all night from coast to coast
Just slide, from left to right
Just slide, yourself the night
QCD, drop the base
3-point-1 all in your face
Jam on it, let’s have some fun
Jam on it, One on One
You run the hole and I run the “D”
So c’mon baby just jam for me
Everybody get up it’s time to slam now
We got a real jam goin’ down
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here’s your chance do your dance at the Space Jam
Alright
Wave your hands in the air if you feel fine
We’re gonna take it into overtime
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here’s your chance, do your dance at the Space Jam
Alright
Hey ladies
“Yah”
Y’all ready stop
“NO!”
Y’all want to know why
“Why?”
‘Cause it’s a Slam Jam
Fellas
“Yah”
Y’all ready to stop
“No!”
Y’all want to know why?
“Why?”
It’s time to slam now
Everybody get up it’s time to slam now
We got a real jam goin’ down
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here’s your chance do your dance at the Space Jam
Alright
Wave your hands in the air if you feel fine
We’re gonna take it into overtime
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here’s your chance, do your dance at the Space Jam
Alright
C’mon, everybody say, nah nah nah nah nah
C’mon, C’mon let me hear you say, hey ey ey o
C’mon, C’mon everybody, nah nah nah nah nah
Just take the time to say hey ey ey o
Check it out, check it out, y’all ready for this? You know it
Nah, y’all ain’t ready, y’all ready for this? You know it
C’mon check it out, y’all ready to jam? You know it
Nah, I, I don’t think so, y’all ready to jam? You know it
C’mon