Friday, February 3, 2012

Sixteen Military Wives" by The Decemberists

What is the song about (subject matter)?
                The song is about sixteen military wives, who have lost their husbands; celebrities, who the American people look up to, whose lives we follow intensely; and the news reporters of America.

What is the theme of the song?

                The theme of the song is that Americans focus on the lives of the “celebrities”, like Lindsay Lohan. When, the real celebrities should be the military folk who fought for our country.  The song talks about “Fourteen cannibal kings, Wondering blithely what the dinner bell will bring, Fifteen celebrity minds, Served on a leafy bed OF sixteen military wives.” This stanza is talking about how the fourteen cannibal kings, the news reporters, are waiting for some drama to occur in a celebrities life. That drama would be the main news story in the 6 o’clock news, where a minor story would be the sixteen military wives.  

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