I'm so lonesome I could cry....Mary.

In the past two days we have read and analyzed two depressing songs. "I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry" by Hank Williams and " The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix. Hearing these songs once was enough for me. If I had to hear it anymore I might start crying....just kidding. The tone in Hank William's song is expressed through diction. The diction in William's song evokes sad feelings. Some sad words in this song include lonesome, die, cry, and weep. The way that these words are used and arranged make it obvious that this is a depressing song. In Hendrix's song, the tone is depressing and sad as well. Throughout his song, he basically says that all the fun is over. When the happy times are gone, the loneliness begins to settle in. When the "jacks are in their boxes" and the "clowns have all gone to bed" you are no longer entertained or happy. Once you begin to miss the past, the feeling of nostalgia takes over you. In my opinion, the wind represents a person crying for the past and the fun times which represent Mary. The wind crying for Mary is a man crying for an ex girlfriend perhaps. A king has lost his wife and a queen is weeping. When the "traffic lights turn blue" and "he sounds too blue to fly," there are no more smiles. Maybe one thing that Williams and Hendrix should consider is that the fun times may be over, but the door is open for new opportunities....new fun...a new queen, even? Well it might be too soon for that, but some time alone may be better for these sensitive men.