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

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 doesnt 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: Everywhere you look

ARTIST/BAND who sings it: Carly Rae Jepsen

SONG LYRICS (CLEAN lyrics only): (COPY/PASTE song lyrics of your choice below)

Whatever happened to predictability?

The milkman, the paperboy, the evening TV?
How did I get delivered here? Somebody tell me please
Cause this old world is just really confusing me

Commented [1]: Personification and Simile! :)

Clouds as mean as you've ever seen
Ain't a bird that knows your tune
Then a little voice inside of you whispers
"Kid, don't sell your dreams so soon!"

Everywhere you look, everywhere you go

There's a heart (there's a heart), a hand to hold onto
Everywhere you look, everywhere you go
There's a face (there's a face) of somebody who needs you

Whatever happened to the good old days?

Talking to friends for hours, swore it'd never go away
 Now I'm feeling a little crazy, trying to fit in with a scene
Cause how do you know where you're going, if you really don't know who
you've been?

Everybody eventually
Says that they're as lost as you
So everybody shout it together
"Hey, don't sell your dreams so soon!"

Everywhere you look, everywhere you go

There's a heart (there's a heart), a hand to hold onto
Everywhere you look, everywhere you go
There's a face (there's a face) of somebody who needs you
Everywhere you look, everywhere you go
There's a heart (there's a heart), a hand to hold onto
Everywhere you look

When you're lost out there and you're all alone

A light is waiting to carry you home
Everywhere you look

Everywhere you look, everywhere you go

There's a heart (there's a heart), a hand to hold onto
Everywhere you look, everywhere you go
There's a face (there's a face) of somebody who needs you
Everywhere you look, yeah

When you're lost out there and you're all alone

A light is waiting to carry you home
Everywhere you look
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES based on the song you
chose and highlighted above.

SINGERs TONE I think the singer is either regretting, or simply just

(THOUGHTS/FEELINGS):
Describe the singers
remembering the good old days. When it says kid
tone. How does dont sell your dreams so soon, I think they might be
he/she feel, or what regretting themselves because they didnt pursue
is he/she thinking
about?
their dreams. Or, they are just possibly looking back
throughout their life.
EVIDENCE of Then a little voice inside of you whispers, kid, don't
SINGERs TONE
(FEELINGS):
sell your dreams so soon;
Copy/paste a
line/stanza from the
song as evidence.

PURPOSE OF Everywhere you look, everywhere you go

REPETITION:
What is the purpose
There's a heart (there's a heart), a hand to hold onto
of the repetition (or Everywhere you look, everywhere you go
chorus) of the song? There's a face (there's a face) of somebody who
Why did the
songwriter choose
needs you
to repeat these
words? This part of the song shows that you can make a
change, that someone could always use your help, and
that youre not alone and someone will be there for
you as well. I think that by repeating this phrase, it
really tells you the point of the song. It also engraves
it deeper into you; you start to feel something. Oh,
and it gets it stuck in your head.
SYMBOL: The word light in A light is waiting to carry you
What might be a
symbol in the song
home, I think means someone special to the singer
(an object with a that was either an influence or loved one; someone
deeper meaning)? who helped them get back on their feet well the fell.
(not literally.)
THEME: I think the theme of this song is to never give up, and
What can we learn
about life from this
get back on your feet. Whatever happened to the
song? What message good old days?
was the singer trying Talking to friends for hours, swore it'd never go
to get across to the
listener?
away
Now I'm feeling a little crazy, trying to fit in with a
scene
Cause how do you know where you're going, if you
really don't know who you've been?

Everybody eventually
Says that they're as lost as you
So everybody shout it together
"Hey, don't sell your dreams so soon!"
In line 1-5 in this section, it is talking about everything
changing, but then you must pursue your dreams and
keep going.

CONNECTION to I can make a text to media connection because the

SELF/TEXT/MEDIA/
WORLD:
song I chose is the theme song for the 90s TV show
What does this song Full House
remind you of I can make a text to history connection, because this
Something in your
life? Something
song talks about not giving up, and in my World Geo
youve read? Seen Wrap up for Rome, I said that Romes big idea was
on TV/movie? In the
news? In history?
to never give up and keep going!

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 an image of a parachute because the song

Why did you choose
the image above?
talks about changes in life (falling) and then getting
Explain how evidence back up again, even if it means slowly (parachute).
in the image relates
to the songs subject.

FINAL THOUGHTS: I like that this song doesnt make its theme obvious, it
Why do you like or
dislike this song?
doesnt even mention the phrase give up. Although, I
What else would you do wish they made it clearer what or who they
like to say about it? were talking about throughout the song, but thats it!
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
Thunder, thun-, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder

Thunder, feel the thunder

Lightning then the 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
Thunder, thun-, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder, thunder
Thunder, thun-, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder

Thunder, feel the thunder

Lightning then the thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning then the thunder
Thunder

Thunder, feel the thunder

Lightning then the thunder, thunder

Thunder, feel the thunder

Lightning then the thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning then the thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
(Never give up, never give up)
 Lightning then the thunder, thunder
(Never give up on your dreams)
Thunder, feel the thunder
(Never give up, never give up)
Lightning then the thunder, thunder
(Never give up on your dreams)

Thunder, thunder, thun-, thunder

Thun-thun-thunder, thunder
Thunder, thunder, thun-, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder
Thunder, thunder, thun-, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder
Thunder, thunder, thun-, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, 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
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
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

'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
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down down down

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

'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
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down down down
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

"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
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met
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
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met
'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
I can't stop the feeling
So just dance, dance, dance, come on

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

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
I can't stop the feeling
So just dance, dance, dance
I can't stop the feeling
So just dance, dance, dance
I can't stop the feeling
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

Nothing I can see but you when you dance, dance, dance
(I can't stop the feeling)
Feeling good, good, creeping up on you
So just dance, dance, dance, come on
(I can't stop the feeling)
All those things I shouldn't do
But you dance, dance, dance
(I can't stop the feeling)
 And ain't nobody leaving soon, so keep dancing

Everybody sing
(I can't stop the feeling)
Got this feeling in my body
(I can't stop the feeling)
Got this feeling in my body
(I can't stop the feeling)
Wanna see you move your body
(I can't stop the feeling)
Got this feeling in my body
Break it down
Got this feeling in my body
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