Poems and songs have been used for decades to pass across specific and literary messages to the societal events. Some of the poems and their poets have touched on various topics that take place in daily lives of the people within the community and the poem “The Room Where It Happens” by Lin Miranda is one of the literary poems that was used to articulate some of the live events that the human race is faced with on a daily basis[1]. To achieve the objective, the poets have used different styles to create a specific impression on the targeted audience. For instance, some of the poets and songwriters select to use the figurative speeches, rhythm, idioms, repetition among other parts of speech to spice the literary work make the work more of entertainment. This paper will discuss the use of repetitions and changes as vital in the Room Where it Happens by Lin Miranda.
Repetition with Change
In the Room Where It Happens, the author has used the repetitions with change as a way of stressing and passing some of the relevant information that would later on come to pass. The author has crafted the words with great significance in the song Hamilton that can only be deciphered well upon a close look and analysis. In the song, the characters have each been given a character arc, a theme that has been progressively used to demonstrate the theme of armature. Some of the repetitions that have been used in the song are as follows[2].
Writing
The term writing has been used in most phrases and stanza in the song to illustrate various depictions and on different occasions for a specific purpose. For instance, it is believed that it was the art of writing that inspired the author, Lin Miranda to come up and compose the song Hamilton. On another occasion, the art of writing in the song is used when the author talks about the manner in which he was able to communicate and get attention of his love, one Eliza. It was through writing that he was able to convince her and fall in love with him. It is claimed that it was the song written by Miranda that literally enabled him to get off an island. In one of another incident where the term writing has been repeated is when he says that it was writing that enabled him to get to New York and also to get involved in the American Revolution. This is found in the phrase when he says “I wrote my way to revolution”.
Writing was also repeated when the author used to illustrate to the audience that as a result of taking part in the Revolution, he was able to be part in drafting up and writing about the American Constitution and defend it well. That it was through writing that led him to duel that would eventually be the ultimate price of his life.
Enough
The term enough has been repeatedly used in the text as a motif or way of communicating various points to the audience. The phrase writing, for instance is used by Eliza when she addresses Hamilton urging him to stop his wayward behaviours and be contented or satisfied by the love she has for him. The phrase is also used when Hamilton is asking for pardon from Eliza when he repeatedly used the phrase three times. The term has been used mostly by the womenfolk in the song than their male counterparts. For instance, when Hamilton meets Angelica and they are attracted to one another for not having enough or satisfied in their lives, especially Hamilton who is married and failing to be satisfied with his wife. In another incident, Hamilton is forced by Maria Reynolds into choosing to either be satisfied or have enough of his wife and falling into temptation. The term enough or satisfied has thus been used repeatedly to place an emphasis on a particular event in the song[3].
Duels
Another phrase or term that has been repeatedly used in the song is Duel. It is used numerously in the song for instance when the author uses the duels as a demonstration of the personal beliefs in the dramatic “Rule of Three” about the death and honour having a beginning, middle and an end. For instance, Hamilton has a belief that no one should be made to throw away their shots in a duel as manifested between Laurens against Lee. Another demonstration of the duel was when Hamilton wrongly believes that distinguished people should not kill or be killed in the duel labelled as Philip versus Eacker. In Hamilton versus Burr, the duel enables the audience to the embrace of Hamilton seeing an honourable death.
Conclusion
The narrative in the song Hamilton has phrases and terms that have been used repeatedly to denote specific meanings for the audience after a close and careful analysis of the songs. The use was simply fused together with the common words but on careful analysis, the audience is able to understand the hidden true meaning and thus offer an alternative option in understanding and application of the respective phrase or phrases. The ultimate objective of the use of repetition of words in the song could be as a way of placing an emphasis on a particular or respective word or phrase to be able to give out the true meaning of the song thus meet the sole objective of the poetry work in conveying the relevant moral lessons to the multitude or the audience[4].
Bibliography
Miranda, Lin-Manuel, Alex Lacamoire, and Ron Chernow. Hamilton: an American musical. Hal Leonard, 2016.
[1] Miranda, Lin-Manuel, Alex Lacamoire, and Ron Chernow. Hamilton: an American musical. Hal Leonard, 2016.
[2] Ibid., 2
[3] Ibid., 2
[4] Ibid., 2
