In the song “Let it Be” by the Beatles there are examples of allusion, symbolism, and also metaphors in order to portray the fact that people can get over hard times and keep themselves strong. An example of an allusion is the line “when I find myself in times of trouble mother mary comes to me” which is alluding to Mary in the bible in order to show that something higher up than himself is helping him through the hard times he is facing. “mother mary” is a religious reference which the speaker uses in order for him to portray his religion and how by using his religion is a symbolism for looking towards faith or something higher up in order to get through tough times. The way I took it would be that by alluding to religion the speaker means that when he’s in a bad time in his life he prays, looking to religion, to solve (or just get through) his problems. “And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me” when the speaker refers to an hour of darkness it is a metaphor that compares his troubled times to an hour of darkness. Darkness is usually symbolic of a bad event and something that has negatively impacted the speaker. This is also an example of figurative language because she isn’t literally in front of him giving him advice and answers on what to do in order to make things better to get over his hard times. “And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me” this is both a metaphor and symbolic. It is comparing the speaker’s bad moments to a cloud but the light is being compared to something that is bright in their life. The night is symbolic of a bad memory as well and the light that is shining on the speaker could be the realization that they can get through it and have the ability to overcome their hard times.
Friday, June 5, 2015
Theme analysis song #4: "Let it be" by The Beatles
In the song “Let it Be” by the Beatles there are examples of allusion, symbolism, and also metaphors in order to portray the fact that people can get over hard times and keep themselves strong. An example of an allusion is the line “when I find myself in times of trouble mother mary comes to me” which is alluding to Mary in the bible in order to show that something higher up than himself is helping him through the hard times he is facing. “mother mary” is a religious reference which the speaker uses in order for him to portray his religion and how by using his religion is a symbolism for looking towards faith or something higher up in order to get through tough times. The way I took it would be that by alluding to religion the speaker means that when he’s in a bad time in his life he prays, looking to religion, to solve (or just get through) his problems. “And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me” when the speaker refers to an hour of darkness it is a metaphor that compares his troubled times to an hour of darkness. Darkness is usually symbolic of a bad event and something that has negatively impacted the speaker. This is also an example of figurative language because she isn’t literally in front of him giving him advice and answers on what to do in order to make things better to get over his hard times. “And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me” this is both a metaphor and symbolic. It is comparing the speaker’s bad moments to a cloud but the light is being compared to something that is bright in their life. The night is symbolic of a bad memory as well and the light that is shining on the speaker could be the realization that they can get through it and have the ability to overcome their hard times.
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where is the hyperbole in the song of let it be
ReplyDeleteThe song "let it be" made use of biblical allusions in order to convey the message of keeping your faith strong and using that to fuel the strength in order to get over issues.
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