GCSE DRAMA 1699-Paper 1- Unit 1
Portfolio A01 = RESPONSE
DRAMA FROM POETRY
The text I have been studying were the song lyrics from: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beetles. It was picked because the lyrics were nonsensical. It is about being taken to a fantasy world where you see wondrous things such as “rocking horse people with marshmallow pies” and “plasticine porters with looking glass ties”. Throughout this journey you are urged to follow Lucy into even more magical settings and eventually you disappear with Lucy aswell.
When I first heard the lyrics read to me my first images were bright colours, of pink, blue, yellow and green swirling around and forming a child’s painting. I saw a young girl who was beautiful and mysterious that beckoned me to follow her through a strange land. I was also struck with many words and phrases which are shown on the spider diagram on the next page. My colleagues had very similar ideas to the examples shown, with everyone including the reference to a “dream”.