Poetry In Music?
Please Quote One Of Your Favorite Song Lines Or Lyrics And Explain How It Exhibits At Least One Poetry Term? Make sure that your quoted lyrics are appropriate. Please italicize the song lyrics, include the song title/artist(s), and qualify or establish the connection between the poetry term and the lyrics. (Due Wednesday 2-01-2012 By 2:30p.m.)
posted by Greg T at Sunday, January 29, 2012
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”Don't tell me if I'm dying, cause I don't wanna know
If I can't see the sun, maybe I should go
Don't wake me cause I'm dreaming, of angels on the moon
Where everyone you know, never leaves too soon
Do you believe, in the day that you were born
Tell me do you believe?
Do you know, that everyday's the first of the rest of your life”
–Angels on the moon by Thriving Ivory
• One poetic term exhibited by these lyrics is an end rhyme with the words moon and soon in the 3rd and 4th lines.
• The second poetic term in these lyrics is the repetition of the line do you believe.
“That's why we won't back down
We won't run and hide
Yeah, 'cause these are the things that we can't deny
I'm passing over you like a satellite
So catch me if I fall
That's why we stick to your game plans and party lives
But at night we're conspiring by candlelight
We are the orphans of the American dream
So shine your light on me”
-Satellite by Rise Against
*One poetic term used is a simile in the fourth line, which compares the singer to a satellite. The singer uses this comparison to explain that he is relying on his friend to support and help him.
"Look at our small town spinning around
We've got our feet dangling high off the ground
Can you believe, baby, how good it feels
Falling in love, falling in love on a ferris wheel"
In the song Ferris Wheel by Jason Jones, rhyming is displayed by the words around and ground, and also feels and wheel. The rhyme scheme of this song is the first and second lines and the third and fourth lines. Also there is repetition, "falling in love, falling in love" which emphasizes the main idea or theme of the song.
Sold, I’m Ever
Open ears and open eyes
Wake up to your starboard bride
Who goes in and then stays inside
Oh the demons come, they can
subside
Bon Iver - Calgary
The song Calgary by Bon Iver exhibits many poetic terms. The last two words in every line of this stanza rhyme. This poetic device gives the lyrics a particular flow that makes the song easy to listen to. The first syllable in the first and last lines rhymes. The rhyming schemes and poetic devices in these lyrics make the song wonderful to listen to.
"If everyone cared and nobody cried,
If everyone loved and nobody lied.
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride,
Then we'd see the day, when nobody died."
-Nickelback: If Everyone Cared
-This song has slant rhyme every other line for most of the lyrics. However, for the chorus (above), the rhyme scheme is the end of every line rhymes with the previous.
-The line, "If everyone shared and swallowed their pride," contains a metaphor that helps describe letting your guard down.
"So slow down, there's some kind of blessing here
But you have missed your cue
So keep your eyes set on the horizon
On the line where blue meets blue
And I'd bet that silver lining,
Well I know it'd find you soon
Cause I have sailed a 1000 ships to you,
But my messages don't seem to make it through"
"1,000 Ships" by Rachel Platten, exhibits rhyming, lines 2, 4, 7, and 8 all rhyme.
"I'm not good enough
I'm not what they want
But let me tell you what
I know who I am
So just throw me out
For not fitting in
I will stand my ground
And be an outcast
So-o-o what if I'm an outcast
So-o-o what if I'm an outcast
So slow when everybody's so fast"
-Outcast by Kerrie Roberts
One poetic element is at the end of these lines is the rhyming between "fast" and "outcast".
Another poetic element is in the second verse each line has the same rhythm.
“It sure left it's mark on us, we sure left our mark on it
We let the world know we were here, with everything we did
We laid a lot of memories down, like tattoos on this town”
-Jason Aldean, Tattoos on this town
A poetic element that is present in this song is a simile in the last line comparing the memories they had from the town to the tattoos that will always be there and never taken away. Also personification in present because towns cannot have tattoos, but in the song Jason Aldean gave human qualities to the town, so “tattoos on this town” is a form of personification as well as a simile.
"You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, something's out there
Floating in the summer sky
Ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety nine decisions treat
Ninety nine ministers meet
To worry, worry, super scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The President is on the line
As ninety nine red balloons go by"
-99 Red Ballons by Goldfinger
One poetic term used is that last word in every other line rhymes with the last word of the line before it. Another poetic term use is that repetition is used. The last line in each stanza is the same.
Well I'm as cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce
You've got the rhyme and reason but no cause
Well if you're hot to trot you think you're slicker than grease
I've got news for you crews you'll be sucking like a leech
-So What'cha Want by Beastie Boys
These lyrics exhibit a rhyme scheme of AA BB.
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Well, up in the backwoods, down in the holler,
Ol' boys feelin' like a dog on a collar.
Keepin' that chain pulled tight.
Waitin' on saturday night.
Put on the smell good, put on Skynyrd,
Head into town like a NASCAR winner.
Cruisin' back and forth to the Tasty Freeze.
Everywhere you look all you see is,
-hillbilly deluxe brooks and dunn
*in this song it shows rhyme with holler in the 1st line and coller in the 3 line
*another poetic term would be the simile of "drive in to town like a nascar winner" meaning drive in to town with confedince
"You make everything glorious
You make everything glorious
You make everything glorious
And I am Yours
What does that make me?"
Everything Glorious- David Crowder Band.
these lyrics show repetition. This is used to get the artist point across and make this verse hard to miss.
"Oh girl I don't know all the reasons why,
I found the answer lookin' in your eye,
I go out walking all day long,
Take away this lonely man soon he will be gone,
Cause I'll tell you everything about living free,
Yes I can see you girl can you see me,
You don't need to know what I do all day,
It's as much as I know watch it waste away"
-Vagabond by Wolfmother
These lyrics have an aa bb rhyming scheme.
"Boys, you can break
You'll find out how much they can take
Boys will be strong
And boys soldier on
But boys would be gone without the warmth from
A womans good, good heart"
Daughters by John Mayer
One poetic term in these lyrics are the end rhymes at the end of the 1st and 2nd lines.
"I hopped off the plane at LAX
with a dream and my cardigan
welcome to the land of fame excess,
am I gonna fit in?"
Miley Cyrus- Party In The U.S.A.
In this song Miley Cyrus rhymes every other line. This could be an example of ABAB rhyming because lines 1 and 3 rhyme and lines 2 and 4 rhyme. I find this song unique because a lot of songs rhyme with an AABB type of rhyming, but to find a song by a recent artist using ABAB rhyming is rare.
"So when the day comes and
The sun won't touch my face
Tell the ones who cared enough
That I finally left this place
That's been so cold
Look at my face
All the stories it will tell I can't erase
The road is long
Just one more song
A little something to remind you when I'm gone
When I'm gone"
-Something to Remind You by Stained
One poetic term showed in this sone is with in the first stanza, the 2nd and 4th line rhyme
Another one is in the second stanza, the 1st and 4th line have a slane rhyme and then the 2nd and third, 4th and 5th rhyme
"The kids screaming, phone ringing
Dog barking at the mailman bringing
That stack of bills overdue
Good morning baby how are you?
Got a half-hour, quick shower
Take a drink of milk but the milk’s gone sour
My funny face makes you laugh
Twist the top on and I put it back
There goes the washing machine
Baby, don’t kick it
I promise I’ll fix it
Long about a million other things
Well, it’s okay, it’s so nice
It’s just another day in paradise
Well, there’s no other place that
I’d rather be"
-Just Another Day In Paradise, Phil Vassar-
These lines exhibit rhythm and rhyme. Some examples are:
overdue, you
half-hour, quick shower
machine, thing
nice, paradise
etc.
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