Expressing Sadness

BYT & FB

By: Elias Dorsey

In the song ''Big Yellow Taxi'' by Joni Mitchell explaining how “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Also how she didn’t really acknowledge how beautiful nature was and she didn’t know until they paved it over. I would probably say the tone is regretful because she didn’t care about paradise until it was gone. I also think the mood is sympathetic because she sounds sad and depressed. The song ''Field Below'' by Christina Perri, talks about no one lives in the city and everyone lives in the country and how the day is really slow because no one lives there. I would say the tone is mood is sad and melancholy because she sounds like she crying the whole song. I would say the mood is sympathetic. For ''Big Yellow Taxi'' the tone and mood of the song don’t match at all to the poem. For ''Field Below'' I would say the tone and mood match the song perfectly because of the way she takes advantage of using her voice to express her sadness.