Question

Select a song that you like and scan the lyrics, noting the rhyme scheme and meter. Then, respond to these questions:

What rhyme scheme and meter do the lyrics have? Is it a set meter, or does it vary?
How do you think the song type (rap, hip-hop, pop, country, etc.) influences the kind of meter it has?
Would you expect to find a similar rhyme scheme and meter in other songs in this genre?
If you recited the song lyrics as you would a poem, would it have the same rhythm and meter as it does as a song?
Does putting the lyrics to the musical arrangement alter the spoken rhythm of the words?

Answer 1

The song that I choose is Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran

#1 The scheme that the song use in each stanza is ABAB.

#2 It's an acoustic song about love and I think the song is influenced by the emotion of the writer.

#3 Yes, but different in tempo and beat in musical chores

#4 Nope, Singing is not the same on how you read a poem

#5Yes it may vary on the beat and drops of music chores