Question

Can someone please help me, ASAP! Write a song poetry by following the examples that the question explains, and please list the song name, and the singer of the song. Also, Include the answers to the questions below about the song. THANK YOU!

1. What is the literal meaning of the poem? You may need to paraphrase lines to get to this. Look up words you don't know.




2. Who is the speaker in the poem (like a narrator, but it's called the persona in poetry). Is there a listener or another character who acts as the recipient? Is it you? Someone else?




3. What is the speaker's tone, or what is the tone of the poem? Which words reveal this tone? (The tone can be sad, happy, ironic, dark, hopeful, child-like, etc...)




4. What heavily connotative words are used?



connotation=what the word makes you think of, what feelings the word evokes denotation=the dictionary definition




5. What concrete images does the poet use?


sight / sound / taste / touch / smell



Do any of these concrete images help to convey an abstract idea?


love/hate/death/loneliness



6. What figures of speech are used? simile (like or as comparison) “but I hung on like death....” metaphor (comparison) look at "The Journey" for an example personification=giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects (or concepts)



symbolism=a concrete object/image that stands for more than its literal meaning.


alliteration=repetition of an initial sound "in a deep and dark December"



allusion=reference to a historical, biblical, or mythological event or person




7. What is the occasion or setting of the poem? Is it important to the meaning?




8. What is the role of metrics (rhyme, rhythm)




9. Is the form important? Stanza breaks, rhyme scheme, individual lines...)




10. What else seems important or interesting about the poem?

Answer 1

song:

"Someone Like You" by Adele:

I heard that you're settled down

That you found a girl and you're married now

I heard that your dreams came true

Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you

Old friend, why are you so shy?

Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it

I had hoped you'd see my face

And that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over

Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said

"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"

You know how the time flies

Only yesterday was the time of our lives

We were born and raised in a summer haze

Bound by the surprise of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it

I had hoped you'd see my face

And that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over

Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said

"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"

Nothing compares, no worries or cares

Regrets and mistakes, they're memories made

Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said

"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"

Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said

"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"

You know how the time flies

Only yesterday was the time of our lives

We were born and raised in a summer haze

Bound by the surprise of our glory days

Nothing compares, no worries or cares

Regrets and mistakes, they're memories made

Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said

"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"

Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said

"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"

You know how the time flies

Only yesterday was the time of our lives

We were born and raised in a summer haze

Bound by the surprise of our glory days

Nothing compares, no worries or cares

Regrets and mistakes, they're memories made

Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said

"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"

Answers to question:

1. The literal meaning of the poem is about someone who hears that their ex-lover has moved on and found someone else. The speaker is acknowledging that their ex has found happiness with someone else and that they were unable to give them what they needed.

2. The speaker in the poem is the persona, who is also the narrator of the poem. There is no specific recipient or listener mentioned in the poem.

3. The tone of the poem is melancholic and regretful. Words like "settled down", "married now", and "dreams came true" reveal the speaker's feelings of sadness and longing.

4. The heavily connotative words used in the poem are "settled down", which connotes a sense of stability and commitment, and "dreams came true", which connotes a sense of achievement and fulfillment.

5. The concrete images used in the poem are "settled down", "married now", and "dreams came true", which help to convey the abstract idea of finding happiness and fulfillment in a committed relationship.

6. The figure of speech used in the poem is metaphor, where the speaker compares the ex-lover's current relationship to their own relationship. The line "Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you" is a metaphor for the things that the ex-lover needed in their relationship.

7. The occasion or setting of the poem is not specified, but it is implied that the speaker is reflecting on their past relationship with their ex-lover.

8. The role of metrics in the poem is not significant, as the poem does not have a strict rhyme or rhythm scheme.

9. The form of the poem is simple, with no stanza breaks or strict rhyme or rhythm scheme.

10. What seems important about the poem is the way in which the speaker acknowledges their own shortcomings in the relationship and accepts that their ex-lover has moved on and found happiness with someone else. This acceptance allows the speaker to let go of their past relationship and move forward with their life.