Strange Fruit - Analysis

Hey,

today you first had to record an audio commentary about the cartoon we had studied and then we could continue listening and analysing the song Strange Fruit. We first focused on the tone of the melody and then on the content of the lyrics themselves. Here is what we said:

The song is a metaphor to speak about a lynching party. It’s really horrible / gruesome / macabre because the singer uses words that are « in conflict » together. For instance, there is a stark contrast between the dead bodies / corpses hanging and the words « breeze » or « swinging » that she uses and that have a positive connotation.

"breeze"--> A type of light wind, gentle and soft, during the summer time.

HW: for next time, you need to find all the words that are "in conflict" and have a positive connotation and those which have a negative meaning.

More information about the song and a film that was made about it here.