Students of Freie Universität Berlin were recently treated to a good lesson on Eminem’s classic.
Eminem might be a controversial figure for some, but academia is fascinated with him. There are thousands of research papers dedicated to Em. Only this year, he was mentioned in published articles over 600 times. Social science, music history, philosophy and literature are the fields that study Marshall’s legacy the most.
So it is not surprising that to illustrate the use of anapestic tetrameter, a specific poetic meter, a German professor turned to “Without Me” lyrics. Students awarded his delivery and passion with applause and one of them even recorded (@amirerbs) this segment of the lecture:
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, another teacher was explaining how effectively change a rhyme scheme on the example of Eminem’s “Drug Ballad” (Video Credit: @shakeeltalks).
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