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Bohemian Rhapsody Poem Project
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Bohemian Rhapsody (is a poem)
By Ryan Piselli
“'Bohemian Rhapsody Was Freddie Mercury's Coming Out Song'.” The Wire, https://thewire.in/culture/is-bohemian-rhapsody-really-all-about-freddie-mercury.
“Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody.” Genius, https://genius.com/Queen-bohemian-rhapsody-lyrics.
“What Is the Meaning behind Bohemian Rhapsody?” Quora, https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-behind-Bohemian-Rhapsody.
Wooten, Kristi York. “Queen's Brilliance at Live Aid: Here's What Bohemian Rhapsody Missed.” Medium, Medium, 15 Nov. 2018, https://medium.com/@kristiyorkwooten/queens-brilliance-at-live-aid-here-s-what-bohemian-rhapsody-missed-d61b6ee0c36d.
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Lyric 1
One of the first lines of the song is symbolizing how the author of the song, Freddie Mercury, feels trapped and unable to change the circumstances of his life. One could argue that he feels this way because hes always in the limelight and had been hiding his sexuality.
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
Lyric 2
The line above reinforces the melancholic mood that the song takes on. The figure that the song is about is quite literally saying that he wishes he'd never been born. I think that, like the first lyric, this line is referencing Mecurys internal struggles and may also take a more broader stance representing other people with similar dilemas.
Live Aid 1985
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Message/Purpose
"It was about how different his life could have been, and how much happier he might have been, had he just been able to be himself" (The Wire). The quote above came from an interview with Jim Hutton, Mercury's partner. Mercury never revealed what the message was but it was widley belived that it was about his displesure of not being able to live his life.
Why is this a Poem?
Why?
Well, like many poems, Bohemian Rhapsody is broken up into stanzas and contains multiple literary elements incuding mood, tone, imagery, and symbolsim. Despite this thats not the main reason I consider Bohemian Rhapsody a Poem. Poetry dosent have a set deffiniton. We see similarities like the examples above, but the reader decides what is poetry and what isn't. "True poetry is for the listener" (Freddie Mercury).