![]() Consonance – “The conver sation la sted two minute s, maybe three minute s / everything we said in total agreement.Washington isn’t gonna l isten / to d isc ipl ined d iss idence / th is is the d ifference / th is k id is out!” (Jefferson, “Washington on Your Side”) Assonance – “I’m in the Cab inet, I am compl ic it / in watching h im grabb in’ at power / and k iss in’ it.Repetition – “Unimportant, / There’s a million things I haven’t done, / but just you wait, just you wait…” (Hamilton, “Satisfied”).Alliteration – “ Constantly confusing, confounding the British henchmen / Everyone give it up for America’s favorite fighting Frenchman!” (Burr, “Guns and Ships”).I never had a chance to really think through some really good examples over the course of the day, but the idea stuck with me on the way home, and now I want to see if I can isolate some specific lines to present to students sometime in the future. Sadly, I was scatterbrained and not leading that portion of the lesson, so I alternated between having examples that were probably too complex (demonstrating multiple sound devices in the same line) or included cursing (the cursing in Hamilton is one of my favorite things because it always feels like censoring it would blunt the poetry of the lines), neither of which is really good for working with teenagers (the cursing would certainly be memorable, but not really appropriate, and the complex examples would too easily create confusion between different devices). So when we got to the point in the first class when it was time to start explaining literary terms and provide examples, my mind immediately went to Hamilton. It’s a cool way to build lessons and lean on one another for support and ideas, but being the newbie means that I’m mostly just going along with what’s already been assembled. Unfortunately, I didn’t put together the materials for introducing literary terms I’m brand new at my school, and we do a sort of group planning with all the grade level teachers (plus me, as the co-teacher for a couple of the regular ed folks). That’s all kind of a tangent, but it serves to say that I had a bunch of Hamilton bouncing around in my head today when I went into work, and it just so happened that we’re beginning our unit on literary terms in my tenth grade classes. ![]() They’re packed with tons of intricate wordplay and incredibly musical flourishes. This typically isn’t a big deal it’s just like having a chronic earworm that I can’t bring myself to be annoyed by, because even in isolation I still get gobsmacked examining Lin-Manuel Miranda’s lyrics. See, months after I’ve finally moved past the fan phase where I listened to the soundtrack daily in its completeness I still have fragments of songs come into my head unbidden at all hours of the day. This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.I went to work today with an urge to listen to Hamilton in the car, which turned out to be a pretty fortuitous decision. national tour begins in February in Seattle, and a limited engagement will play next year in Puerto Rico, with Miranda reprising the titular role. The show is also playing in Chicago and is on tour in San Diego. ![]() Hamilton remains one of the toughest tickets on Broadway, where it has grossed $303 million to date at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. I believe that holds true, no matter where you’re from.” for most of the year, and people ask, ‘How do you think it’s gonna play here, since most of us don’t know American history?’ Well, most Americans don’t know American history! I certainly didn’t know most of what’s in my show before I read Ron Chernow’s book and got engaged in it because Hamilton’s personal story is what engaged me. Last year, he told The Hollywood Reporter of opening in London, “It’s funny, I’ve been in the U.K. The rest of the very detailed hit musical remains, as Miranda knows the show based on American history will still translate internationally. ![]()
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