The six songs in "The World in Six Songs" are friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion, and love songs.
A song about friendship is "Me and My Gang" by Rascal Flatts. A song about joy is "Give Me Sunshine" by Ryan Adams. A song about comfort is "Cowgirls Don't Cry" by Brooks & Dunn. A song about knowledge is "Stand" by Rascal Flatts. A song about religion is "Jesus Take the Wheel" by Carrie Underwood. A song about love in country music would be "Two People Fell in Love" by Brad Paisley.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Allusion, Ambiguity, and Allegory in Country Music
The song "Love Story" by Taylor Swift uses allusion in its lyrics. The line "Cause you were Romeo, I was the scarlet letter, and my daddy said, 'stay away from Juliet'" alludes to Romeo & Juliet and The Scarlet Letter to describe a boy that the father won't let her see.
The song "Wasted" by Carrie Underwood uses ambiguity in its lyrics. For example, the title "Wasted" can refer to the girl not wanting to waste her life away, or the man in the song who spends most of his life wasted.
The song "Welcome to the Future" by Brad Paisley includes allegory in its lyrics. The entire song references things from the past that are so different from today. It also talks about his grandfather in World War Two, and talks about things back then that could apply to things in other wars.
The song "Wasted" by Carrie Underwood uses ambiguity in its lyrics. For example, the title "Wasted" can refer to the girl not wanting to waste her life away, or the man in the song who spends most of his life wasted.
The song "Welcome to the Future" by Brad Paisley includes allegory in its lyrics. The entire song references things from the past that are so different from today. It also talks about his grandfather in World War Two, and talks about things back then that could apply to things in other wars.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Simile in Country Music
One song with a simile in it is "Love Like Heaven" by Sarah Buxton. The line "a love like heaven" is a simile. It shows how she wants a sweet, pure love like heaven.
Another song with similes in it is "To Find A Heart" by Big Kenny. The line "and when it hurts like Hell, that's when you know it's real" shows a simile by saying the level that love hurts, and when it feels like Hell, then you know it's real.
Another song with similes in it is "To Find A Heart" by Big Kenny. The line "and when it hurts like Hell, that's when you know it's real" shows a simile by saying the level that love hurts, and when it feels like Hell, then you know it's real.
Metaphor in Country Music
The song "Love Story" by Taylor Swift includes examples of metaphors in it's lyrics. For example, the line "Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter" is a mixed metaphor, because Romeo was in love with Juliet, and the girl from The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne, was a whore who had her minister's love child.
The song "She's My Kind Of Rain" by Tim McGraw has many literary devices in it, including metaphors. The line "She's the sunset's shadow, she's like Rembrandt’s light, she's the history that's made at night, she's my lost companion, she's my dreamin' tree, together in this brief eternity" is an extended metaphor, showing that his wife is everything in his life.
The song "She's My Kind Of Rain" by Tim McGraw has many literary devices in it, including metaphors. The line "She's the sunset's shadow, she's like Rembrandt’s light, she's the history that's made at night, she's my lost companion, she's my dreamin' tree, together in this brief eternity" is an extended metaphor, showing that his wife is everything in his life.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Paradox in Country Music
The song "Hate to Love" by Shania Twain is an example of a paradox. For example, the title "hate to love" is a paradox because she is saying that she hates to love him, which contradicts what she is saying.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Personification in Country Music
The song "Kinda Like It's Love" by Jason McCoy includes personification in it's lyrics. For example, the line "kinda like it's love particularly when my soul starts hummin'" because souls cannot actually hum. Also, the line "I'll kiss the lips of Providence" is an example of personification because Providence doesn't actually have lips."
The song "Living Our Love Song" by Jason Michael Carroll includes personification in it's lyrics as well. The line "one thing that's stayed the same is our love is still growing strong" is an ecample of personification because love cannot physically grow and cannot be strong.
The song "Living Our Love Song" by Jason Michael Carroll includes personification in it's lyrics as well. The line "one thing that's stayed the same is our love is still growing strong" is an ecample of personification because love cannot physically grow and cannot be strong.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Point of View in Country Music
The song "The World" by Brad Paisley is an example of second person narrative. He says what his wife is to people she meets (waiter, bank teller, etc.), and then how she means the world to him.
The song "Love Lives" by Chad Brock is an example of third person omniscient. The song is an observation of a man in a delivery room and a nursery going through life with his child.
The song "You Hold Me Together" by Dierks Bentley is an example of first person narrative. He is saying all of these bad things that have happened to him. It is also an example of second person narrative, when he says how she holds him together through everything bad in his life.
The song "The Breath You Take" by George Strait is an example of third person narrative, when he talks about a son and his father and them spending time together. It is also an example of first person narrative, when he talks about himself, his daughter, and his father.
The song "Love Lives" by Chad Brock is an example of third person omniscient. The song is an observation of a man in a delivery room and a nursery going through life with his child.
The song "You Hold Me Together" by Dierks Bentley is an example of first person narrative. He is saying all of these bad things that have happened to him. It is also an example of second person narrative, when he says how she holds him together through everything bad in his life.
The song "The Breath You Take" by George Strait is an example of third person narrative, when he talks about a son and his father and them spending time together. It is also an example of first person narrative, when he talks about himself, his daughter, and his father.
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