American Pie: I would have to say that this song is poetic because it contains many devices that reveal an intricate story of the three musicians (Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper). The devices show how their passing made “the music die”. The song has so many historical allusions as well.
Yellow Submarine: The song exudes a happy and dream-like feeling by using many different examples of imagery and different literary elements that further the happy vibes. The song includes many metaphors in simplistic terms since it was meant to be written for children. Like the submarine is a metaphor for pressure that people feel and the sea of green is money. It has so many literary elements that, on the surface, don’t seem very relevant but they are talking about the society and how life is.
Sympathy for the devil: This song uses many allusions concerning the devil, in fact the whole thing is from the perspective of the devil. The song also alludes to how the different things in history have to do with the devil.
Hotel California: The song kind of tells a story about how this traveler arrives at the hotel. The song is mainly imagery in order to show the point of view of an outsider. By telling it like this and making the hotel and woman seem so luxurious they show that it’s speaking about the upper class and how their lives seem so good. So it tells a story that has underlying meaning; the rich life is not all it cracks up to be. The first part of a song symbolizes what the high life is fantasized to be while the second part shows the reality of it.
White Rabbit: The song is one big allusion to the book/movie of Alice in Wonderland. It shows the way the song is a constant allusion through and through by the title which is a reference to Alice in Wonderland.
Star Spangled Banner: This kind of is really poetic considering the song started off as a poem and later put to music. Also who can argue with America?
Silent Night: the song is a big allusion to the story of Jesus and Christmas. With vivid imagery the story is told
Moon River: This song consists of many examples of imagery, allusion and also hyperbole. The song may be short but it packs a big punch.
Stranger in Paradise: This song has a lot of examples of metaphors in order to explain the way that the speaker feels.
Tenderly: The song uses a lot of personification and different metaphors. It also has many different versions of figurative language that I couldn’t quite put a name to.
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