Morgan Hirschhorn - Song Lyrics Analysis

Song lyrics are like poems...in fact, they can be considered a type of “lyric poem.
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LYRIC POEM DEFINITION: “Lyric poems have a musical rhythm, and their topics
often explore romantic feelings or other strong emotions. You can usually identify
a lyric poem by its musicality: if you can imagine singing it, it's probably lyric. In
ancient Greece and Rome, lyric poems were in fact sung to the strums of an
accompanying lyre. It's the word lyre, in fact, that is at the root of lyric; the
Greek lyrikos means ‘singing to the lyre’” (Vocabulary.com).
DIRECTIONS: In this assignment, you will choose song lyrics to analyze and “dissect” for its
elements of poetic and literary devices (See Google Slides of Poetic & Literary Devices).
Below is a KEY to help you color-code the song lyrics of your choice on the next page:
POETIC or LITERARY DEVICE with COLORS to use for HIGHLIGHTING:
SIMILES IDIOMS
(comparison of two things using “like” or “as”) (an expression that doesn’t mean what words say)
METAPHORS END RHYME

(comparison of two things WITHOUT using “like” or “as”) (rhyming of words at ends of lines)
PERSONIFICATION SLANT RHYME

(giving human qualities to animals or objects) (close, but not exact, rhyme)
ALLITERATION REPETITION
(use of the same beginning consonant in a line) (using the same word, sound, or phrase over & over)
ONOMATOPOEIA ASSONANCE
(a word that imitates the sound it represents) (repetition of vowel sounds in middle of words)
DIRECTIONS: Insert the song lyrics of your choice (CLEAN lyrics only) into the table below and
color-code its poetic and literary devices using the chart on Page 1 of this document. Visit this
lyrics website or scroll to the bottom of this doc for examples to use.
TITLE of Song: Life of the Party
ARTIST/BAND who sings it: Shawn Mendas
SONG LYRICS (CLEAN lyrics only): (COPY/PASTE song lyrics of your choice below…)
I love it when you just don't care

I love it when you dance like there's nobody there
So when it gets hard, don't be afraid
We don't care what them people say
I love it when you don't take no
I love it when you do what you want cause you just said so
Let them all go home, we out late
We don't have to be ordinary

Make your best mistakes
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
So baby be the life of the party
I'm telling you to take your shot it might be scary
Hearts are gonna break
Together we can just let go

Pretending like there's no one else here that we know
Slow dance fall in love as the club track plays

Come out tonight, come out tonight

There's no one standing in your way
Come out tonight, come out tonight

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Life of the party
So don't let them keep you down
Oh you know you can't give up
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES based on the song you
chose and highlighted above.
SINGER’s TONE I think he feels a little sad and I think he is

(THOUGHTS/FEELINGS):
Describe the singer’s
thinking/singing about a girl he misses
tone. How does
he/she feel, or what
is he/she thinking
about?
EVIDENCE of So baby be the life of the party

SINGER’s TONE
(FEELINGS):
Copy/paste a Hearts are gonna break
line/stanza from the 'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry 13-15
song as evidence.
PURPOSE OF I think he repeated some of the lyrics because he

REPETITION:
What is the purpose
wanted to make a statement and he wanted whoever
of the repetition (or is listening to soak in what he is singing about.
chorus) of the song?
Why did the
songwriter choose
to repeat these
words?
SYMBOL: I think a symbol in the song is his lyric “I'm telling you
What might be a
symbol in the song
to take your shot it might be scary” I think that has
(an object with a a strong meaning, I think it means that even though
deeper meaning)? something might be scary still try and do it because
it might have a better result.
THEME: I think that we can learn to always do/be the best
What can we learn
about life from this
person we can or to have the most fun we can. We
song? What message can also learn to conquer fear and don’t be afraid
was the singer trying
to get across to the
of it because that will make things worse and behind
listener? the fear is happiness. “So don't let them keep you
down. Oh you know you can't give up
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry”
Line 51 - 53
CONNECTION to Text to Self: This song reminds me of some of his

SELF/TEXT/MEDIA/
WORLD:
other songs because most of them are slow songs
What does this song that uplift you but some of them are sad about love.
remind you of… Text to Media: I connect this song with other songs
Something in your
life? Something
on the radio because some of them are sad love
you’ve read? Seen songs.
on TV/movie? In the Text to Text:
news? In history?
Text to World:
IMAGE:
Copy and paste a
picture that you
think matches the
subject of this song
or relates to it in
some way.
EXPLAIN IMAGE: I chose this image because the song is very slow and
Why did you choose
the image above?
sad and I feel that this is the kind of song you would
Explain how evidence play on a rainy day.
in the image relates
to the song’s subject.
FINAL THOUGHTS: I do like this song but it is not my favorite in all of

Why do you like or
dislike this song?
his songs. My final thoughts are that Shawn Mendas
What else would you always does very sad and slow songs but they usually
like to say about it? have a good message.
What are your final
thoughts?
Example songs to choose from:

“Thunder” Just a young gun with a quick fuse
By: Imagine Dragons I was uptight, wanna let loose
I was dreaming of bigger things
And wanna leave my old life behind
Not a yes-sir, not a follower
Fit the box, fit the mold
Have a seat in the foyer, take a number
I was lightning before the thunder
Thunder, thunder
Thunder, thun-, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder

Lightning then the thunder
Thunder, thunder
Thunder
Kids were laughing in my classes

While I was scheming for the masses
Who do you think you are?
Dreaming 'bout being a big star
They say you're basic, they say you're easy
You're always riding in the back seat
Now I'm smiling from the stage while
You were clapping in the nosebleeds
Thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder, thunder

Thunder

Lightning then the thunder, thunder

(Never give up, never give up)
(Never give up on your dreams)
(Never give up, never give up)
(Never give up on your dreams)
Thunder, thunder, thun-, thunder

“Firework” Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

By: Katy Perry Drifting thought the wind
Wanting to start again
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in
Do you ever feel already buried deep

Six feet under scream
But no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you

'Cause there's a spark in you
You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July
'Cause baby you're a firework

Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby you're a firework

Come on let your colors burst
You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down down down
You don't have to feel like a waste of space

You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
Maybe a reason why all the doors are closed

So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it's time, you'll know
You just gotta ignite the light

And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July


Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through

Boom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom
"Red" Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street
By: Taylor Swift Faster than the wind, passionate as sin ending so suddenly
Loving him is like trying to change your mind once you're already flying
through the free fall
Like the colors in autumn, so bright just before they lose it all
Losing him was blue like I'd never known

Missing him was dark grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met
But loving him was red
Loving him was red
Touching him was like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front
of you
Memorizing him was as easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite
song
Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's
no right answer
Regretting him was like wishing you never found out that love could be that
strong
Losing him was blue like I'd never known

Missing him was dark gray all alone
But loving him was red
Oh red
Burning red
Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes

Tell myself it's time now, gotta let go
But moving on from him is impossible
When I still see it all in my head
Burning red
Burning it was red
Oh losing him was blue like I'd never known

Missing him was dark gray all alone
'Cause loving him was red
Yeah, yeah red
We're burning red
And that's why he's spinning 'round in my head
Comes back to me, burning red
Yeah, yeah
His love was like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street
"Can't Stop The I got this feeling inside my bones

Feeling!" It goes electric, wavy when I turn it on
All through my city, all through my home
By: Justin Timberlake We're flying up, no ceiling, when we're in our zone
I got that sunshine in my pocket

Got that good soul in my feet
I feel that hot blood in my body when it drops, ooh
I can't take my eyes up off it, moving so phenomenally
Room on lock the way we rock it, so don't stop
And under the lights when everything goes

Nowhere to hide when I'm getting you close
When we move, well, you already know
So just imagine, just imagine, just imagine
Nothing I can see but you when you dance, dance, dance
Feeling good, good, creeping up on you
So just dance, dance, dance, come on
All those things I shouldn't do
But you dance, dance, dance
And ain't nobody leaving soon, so keep dancing
I can't stop the feeling

So just dance, dance, dance
Ooh, it's something magical

It's in the air, it's in my blood, it's rushing on
Don't need no reason, don't need control
I fly so high, no ceiling, when I'm in my zone
'Cause I got that sunshine in my pocket

Got that good soul in my feet
I feel that hot blood in my body when it drops, ooh
I can't take my eyes up off it, moving so phenomenally
Room on lock the way we rock it, so don't stop
And under the lights when everything goes

Nowhere to hide when I'm getting you close
When we move, well, you already know
So just imagine, just imagine, just imagine
So keep dancing, come on
[Bridge:]
I can't stop the, I can't stop the
I can't stop the, I can't stop the
(I can't stop the feeling)
Everybody sing
Got this feeling in my body
Wanna see you move your body
Break it down
Can't stop the feeling
Got this feeling in my body, come on
“Part of Your Look at this stuff

World” (from The Isn't it neat?
Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?
Little Mermaid) Wouldn't you think I'm the girl
By: Jodi Benson The girl who has everything?
Look at this trove

Treasures untold
How many wonders can one cavern hold?
Looking around here you think
Sure, she's got everything
I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty

I've got whozits and whatzits galore
You want things of above?
I've got twenty!
But who cares?

No big deal
I want more
I wanna be where the people are

I wanna see, wanna see them dancing'
Walking around on those - what do you call 'em?
Oh - feet!
Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far

Legs are required for jumping, dancing
Strolling along down a - what's that word again?
Street
Up where they walk, up where they run

Up where they stay all day in the sun
Wanderin' free - wish I could be
Part of that world
What would I give if I could live out of these waters?

What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?
Bet'cha on land they understand
Bet they don't reprimand their daughters
Bright young women sick of swimming
Ready to stand
And ready to know what the people know

Ask 'em my questions and get some answers
What's a fire and why does it - what's the word?
Burn?
When's it my turn?
Wouldn't I love, love to explore that shore up above?
Out of the sea
Wish I could be
Part of that world....
Out of the sea

Wish I could be
Part of your world

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Song lyrics are like poems...in fact, they can be considered a type of “lyric poem.

POETIC or LITERARY DEVICE with COLORS to use for HIGHLIGHTING:

METAPHORS END RHYME

PERSONIFICATION SLANT RHYME

TITLE of Song: Life of the Party

ARTIST/BAND who sings it: Shawn Mendas

I love it when you just don't care

We don't have to be ordinary

Together we can just let go

We don't have to be ordinary

Come out tonight, come out tonight

We don't have to be ordinary

Yeah, yeah, yeah

SINGER’s TONE I think he feels a little sad and I think he is

EVIDENCE of So baby be the life of the party

PURPOSE OF I think he repeated some of the lyrics because he

CONNECTION to Text to Self: This song reminds me of some of his

FINAL THOUGHTS: I do like this song but it is not my favorite in all of

Example songs to choose from:

Thunder, feel the thunder

Kids were laughing in my classes

Thunder, feel the thunder

Thunder, feel the thunder

Thunder, feel the thunder

Thunder, thunder, thun-, thunder

“Firework” Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Do you ever feel already buried deep

Do you know that there's still a chance for you

'Cause baby you're a firework

Baby you're a firework

You don't have to feel like a waste of space

Maybe a reason why all the doors are closed

You just gotta ignite the light

'Cause baby you're a firework

Baby you're a firework

Boom, boom, boom

'Cause baby you're a firework

Losing him was blue like I'd never known

Losing him was blue like I'd never known

Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes

Oh losing him was blue like I'd never known

"Can't Stop The I got this feeling inside my bones

I got that sunshine in my pocket

And under the lights when everything goes

I can't stop the feeling

Ooh, it's something magical

'Cause I got that sunshine in my pocket

And under the lights when everything goes

“Part of Your Look at this stuff

Look at this trove

I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty

But who cares?

I wanna be where the people are

Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far

Up where they walk, up where they run

What would I give if I could live out of these waters?

And ready to know what the people know

Out of the sea

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