Where'd you go, Favorite color, and Stop all the clocks.

Choosing two poem and a song that convey a similar mean was a hard process the main reason is because I rarely every read poetry so figuring out a poem is trying to tell me was a struggle on its own. After researching and looking for poem I found that two poem that I already analyzed and figured out. After comparing the two and finding out all the similarities they contained pairing a song to them was simple. These poems were both shown to me by a performance that’s why I believe they stayed in the back of my mind. The poems I chose were “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone” by W.H. Auden from the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral and “Favorite Color” by Jay Davis that appeared on HBO Brave New Voices, the song that I believe has similarities in theme to both of these poems is Where’d You Go by Fort Minor. 
The poem “Favorite Color” by Jay Davis is one of the most moving and saddest pieces of literature I've heard and read, it tells the story of a girl crying out to her mother for love. All the daughter wants is to know her mom’s favorite color wants the mom to open up to her and acknowledge her existence. Watching the video you can hear pain, anger, sadness, and loneliness in her voice but at certain time their is hopefulness, when she said “Squeeze the life out of me so that you can see rainbows again, Don't see it as a homicide, But a sacrifice for the greater good...” She is putting her soul out for her mother even if it means destroying herself; she feels abandonment from her mother. This may seem crazy but it is her last resort, she is up against the wall and doesn't know what to do, she tells us this “I know that now you probably think I'm crazy, that this is just another one of my phases. But I'm not crazy, Mom. Humans just have crazy tendencies when we want someone to love us.” 
The poem by W.H. Auden “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone” speaks about the passing of a loved one, showing the anger, pain and mourning that comes with this loss. This poem was displayed amazingly in the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral, displaying the emotions towards the death and the rest of the world. His tone is very sad and depressing like most people would be at a funeral but also angry and mad at the rest of the world because he wishes for a moment for the loved one that has passed. When he says, “Stop all the clocks, and cut off the telephone...” he is wishing for the world to pause and recognize what has happened, that the person he loves the most has passed away. Also when he says, “Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves...” he wants the world to mourn the death just as he is. He now feels abandoned and alone, as if he his life has no more meaning shown when he says “The stars are not wanted now: put out every one...”

Fort Minor demonstrates the loneliness that comes when family members are shipped away to war, even though there is a chance that they are coming back. The setting is 3 families that had their loved one taken away to war either a son or spouse or brother and they all wish for them to come back, some don't make it back. It is a huge toll that takes on family to know that your loved one is half way across the world in battlefield. The song starts off with “Where'd you go? I miss you so, Seems like it's been forever, that you've been gone...” this tone is sadness, loneliness, desperate for the person to come back. This changes when he says “So, I want you to know it's a little fucked up, That I'm stuck here waitin', at times debatin', Tellin' you that I've had it with you and your career, Me and the rest of the family here singing "Where'd you go?” he is angry and frustrated that the loved one has pick to serve his or her country rather than support the family. The ending shows that he is desperate for the person to come back when is says, “Please come back home...” 5 times to finish off the song. 
I believe that the proper theme for all of these poems and song is abandonment because each person has lost their loved one, one way or another. Whether it was dead or neglect they wish for them to come back and they will even loose their soul to be with them again. They are all different because these situations differ from one another but feeling is very similar of loneliness, anger, pain, mourning and tone is similar ranging from anger to sadness to need and love.