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A generation’s music does not eternally complete everyone’s character. The poem, “I’m Waiting for My Song,” dramatizes the conflict of the speaker’s desire for the music of Rock and Roll instead of the new generation’s music. The significance of the title “I’m Waiting for My Song,” gives a sign that the poet is anticipating for a change of music that is playing. This title leaves a somewhat question to the reader, what song or change does the speaker longs for? Throughout the poem, it answers the question, through different verbalizing in each stanza and literary devices. The speaker struggles for the change of the generation. Most importantly, the poet requests the change of the generation’s music. Amongst this change, the poet’s feeling of being different will vanish.
In the first stanza, it begins with a demand of listening to a sound. The poet calls the music a sound instead of a song. This shows the speaker does not think if this sound as nothing but a noise instead of a melody: “ Listen to that sound.” (1). Later, the poet displays an imagery of people dancing and enjoying the music. The speaker displays equality amongst the people with the generation’s music: “That sound that plays today while people dance.“ (2). The poet emphasizes this imagery to give an overview to his/her problem of having a dissimilar musicality than society.
