The Potential Reality of "Rock-a-bye Baby"

"Rock-a-bye Baby" appears to be a simple nursery rhyme your parents would sing to you as a child. However, several nursery rhymes such as "Ring around the Rosey" can have relatively dark connotations. My classmates and I dissected the potential meanings of "Rock-a-bye Baby" and each group seemed to interpret it differently. My group and I had an unusual interpretation of the nursery rhyme, comparing it to something of a dispute of power, while others took the song literally. My group compared the baby to someone with a large amount of power, and the wind to the society wanting a change in power.
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The bough that the baby was resting on was associated with its supporters  , and when the supporters leave, the baby will fall to the rebelling civilians and a shift in power will occur. Most people would just view the nursery rhyme as a calming song for a young child, but everything seems to have several different meanings if looked into enough.

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