Paraphrase: This poem has a first person point of view and shows a sequence of events in which the sinister acting narrator takes form in different events and time periods around the world. He or she introduces themselves as a prolific character throughout history. This person or thing says that it was present in events like World War ll and the Kennedy assassination, as well as many other tragic events. The character asks multiple times if the reader knows who he portrays based off his clues and that he or she will take your soul. He or she also stresses that all these sinister things that have taken place cannot just end up as attributes to the devil but that the fault lies in us. Finally, based off the title and the eerie context clues we …show more content…
The crowd surrounding hardcore Rock and Roll like the Rolling Stones usually resembled the type of people who didn’t follow societies rules which explains why the devil would work perfectly as a song topic.
Type of poem: This poem ended up resembling a narrative poem because the narrator describes a series of events in which he or she takes the place as the main character. The poem shows the narrator in St. Petersburg, World War ll, the Kennedy assassination, and a few other places which makes it a form of a narrative or story that ends up developing into the overall message that no one can outrun the evil that the devil brings or their own evil that lies inside themselves.
Imagery: The examples of imagery such as, “When the blitzkrieg raged…And the bodies stank” allow the reader to envision the tragedies that the devil or man himself commits. Other examples include, “Killed the Tsar and his minister’s…Anastasia screamed in pain” and “Im a man of wealth and taste” which is repeated many times possibly to express that the root of all evil is wealth and money in the hands of