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How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live

How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live. By Bruce Springsteen.

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How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live

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  1. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live By Bruce Springsteen

  2. Well the doctor comes 'round here with his face all brightAnd he says "in a little while you'll be alright"All he gives is a humbug pill, a doseof dope and a great big billTell me how can a poor man stand such times and live

  3. "Me and my old school pals had some mighty high times down hereAnd what happened to you poor black folks, well it just ain't fair"He took a look around, gave a little pep talk, said "I'm with you" then took a little walkTell me how can a poor man stand such times and live

  4. There's bodies floatin' on Canal and the levees gone to HellMartha, get me my sixteen gauge and some dry shellsThem who's got got out of town and them who ain't got left to drownTell me how can a poor man stand such times and live

  5. Go ahead!Got family scattered from Texas all the way to BaltimoreYeah and I ain't got no home in this world no moreGonna be a judgment that's a fact, a righteous train rollin' down this trackTell me how can a poor man stand such times and liveTell me how can a poor man stand such times and liveTell me how can a poor man stand such times and live

  6. Bruce Springsteen • Bruce Springsteen was born on September 23, 1949. He was raised a Roman Catholic and he did not get along with the nuns and other church members, but a lot of his music still reflects his Roman Catholic background. He performs with a group called the E Street Band. In the late 70’s and into the 80’s Bruce’s popularity grew. One concert review described him as “the future of rock and roll.” He is still very famous and performed at the 2009 Super Bowl. Most of his concerts are known as marathons because they usually last for multiple hours. At one concert he was hit in the face with a firecracker and came back a few minutes later to sing one last song. This performance was one of his most memorable. • Net Glimse, comp. "Bruce Springsteen-Biography." Net Glimse. N.p., 2009. Web. 19 May 2010. <http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/bruce_springsteen/index.shtml>.  

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  8. Humbug Pill This was like a doctor just trying to cheer the person up and say that they were going to be alright. back

  9. A Dose of Dope Alliteration is the use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. Dose of dope is repeated back

  10. Tell Me How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live Over 10,000 people were left homeless after Katrina, and a lot of these people couldn’t afford other housing because rent skyrocketed after Katrina. Businesses were getting looted and people lost everything. back

  11. And What Happened To You Poor Black Folks, Well It Just Ain't Fair 67% of the population of New Orleans is African American. A higher percentage in the lower class are also African American. This line is talking about how the majority of people severely affected were African American and how it took a very long time for aid to arrive. A lot more lives were lost because of this gap in time between the actual hurricane and the arrival of help. back

  12. "Me and my old school pals had some mighty high times down hereAnd what happened to you poor black folks, well it just ain'tfair" Approximate Rhyme Scheme- It’s when 2 lines don’t rhyme perfectly but it still rhymes to a certain extent. This is used when you are limited with your word selection and you have nothing that rhymes perfectly.

  13. He took a look around gave a little pep talk, said "I'm with you" then took a little walk A A Rhyme Scheme- The first line and the line directly following that have both of their last words rhyming. Almost all of this song follows the same pattern. back

  14. There's Bodies Floatin' on Canal and the Levees Gone to Hell Canal is referring to Canal Street. It was flooded and many were trapped inside their homes or couldn’t swim and were swept up by the current. The second part is talking about the levees that were supposed to hold but broke and led to all the death and destruction. back

  15. Martha, get me my sixteen gauge and some dry shells Them who's got got out of town and them who ain't got left to drown Monologue- This is when you have one person speaking by themselves. You do not see it very much in songs but all the time in movies. It is used here to kind of set the scene for what was happening during Katrina.

  16. A Righteous Train Rollin' Down This Track This is a metaphor.Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. This metaphor was used to say the judgment of God cant be stopped and there really wasn’t a whole lot that could have been done to prevent the catastrophe. back

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