Eminem & Dr. Dre: Guilty Conscience

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This paper analyzes Eminem and Dr. Dre's "Guilty Conscience." It shows that rap music has many common elements with poetry to the extent that it ought to be considered and analyzed as poetry. The paper dissects the song, looking closely at its language, style and themes. The writer believes that rap music has a strong poetic message which should not be ignored or stereotyped.

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"My choice of poem to analyze may surprise you as a bit unconventional. I will analyze the hip-hop music star Eminem's song Guilty Conscience. I was initially going to choose Milton's Sonnet VII, a poem that is more than 350 years old, contains some of the classic themes of poetry, and is written by one of the most renowned poets ever. With Guilty Conscience, my approach will be almost the equal and exact opposite. The "poem" is a mere one-year in age, it contains some themes that do not yet seem to have been really discussed in the English literature academic community, and is written by someone whom most adults know at best as a controversial entertainer. Nonetheless, it is my opinion, which I hope to henceforth argue, that hip-hop music (also known as rap music) is another form of poetry and therefore is as valid a candidate for analysis as other poems."

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