personification

One example of a song that contains personification is the song Clairvoyant Disease by Avenged Sevenfold. When the speaker says "thoughts are haunting me" thoughts cannot haunt one. They do not have that ability to do that.

Another example of a song that has personification in it is She by Green Day. In the line "A sullen riot penetrating through her mind" a riot cannot penetrate any ones mind.

Point of View

In the song Seventy Times 7 by Brand New. The song has the points of view of first person, some second person, and the speaker is unreliable.

In the song Saltwater Room by Owl City the point of view is multi person narrative.

The song Make You Smile by +44 is also a multiperson narrative.

The song Hello Fascination by breathe Carolna is in the second person narrative.

Hyperbole

An example of a song that has a hyperbole in it is "Pitiful" by Sick Puppies. The line "Looks like that's all today I'm dying" s an extreme exaggeration because the speaker is not really dying. He is just having a bad day.

Alliteration

One example that has many examples of alliteration is "At the Bottom" by Brand New. The form of alliteration that is used mainly is assonance. The first line of the song is "Wait, I watched you throw out your bouquet." The words that contain the same vowel sound are 'wait' and 'bouquet'. another line is "Think something dark's living down in my heart". 'dark' and 'heart' have the same vowel sound.

Another example of a song that has alliteration is "Breakdown" by Breaking Benjamin. Some examples of lines that contain alliteration, both consonance and assonance, are "Such a lovely lonely night","What I found in this town", and "What's that sound, you're so loud".

A third example of a song with alliteration is "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins. Some examples are "Even though I know - I suppose I'll show" and "Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage".

Imagery

The song “Seventy Times 7” by Brand New is a song describing the speaker’s reaction to heartbreak. There is intense imagery in this song illustrating how the speaker feels after having his heart broken and one is able to picture exactly how he feels based off of the imagery in his story alone. One example can be seen in the line, “Ignore the sun, the cover’s over my head. I wrote a message that says, “Jesse stay asleep in bed.” So don’t apologize. I hope you choke and die.” The listener is able to picture a depressed man staying in bed because he is so upset about what happened to him. Also, one is able to picture the anger the speaker contains when he says that he want the person who hurt him to die. There is another stanza that provides a morbid image, “Have another drink and drive yourself home. I hope there’s ice on all the road. And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt, and again when your head goes through the windshield.” This provides a clear image of a car wreck on a snowy night. One is also able to see the anger the speaker has because they wish for death of another person in a dark way.

Another song that has a lot of imagery is “Issues” by Sick Puppies. In this song, the speaker is also angry about the factors in his life that made him into the person that he has become. One line that provides an image is, “I wanna slow down. I wanna be part of what is happening around me.” One can picture someone spinning out of control and desperately trying to hold on and stop. Another line that provides an image is when the speaker says, “I turn the page, to a chapter they thought was just a phase.” The image that is seen here is a book with all the pages turning and on each page is a scene from the speaker’s life.

Lacey, Jesse. Lyrics.“Seventy Times 7.” Your Favorite Weapon. Lp. Below Par Records. 2001.www.azlyrics.com. 2/4/2010.

Moore, Shimon. Lyrics. “Issues.” Dressed Up As a Life. Lp. Virgin. 2007. www.azlyrics.com.
2/4/2010.

Anger in Rock Music

The reason why I chose the theme of anger in rock music is because I love to listen to artists who spill their intense emotions through music. I find that everyone can relate to anger and it is interesting to see the different things that make one angry. Also, it is comforting to know that someone else feels the same way that you do and is even maybe going through the same problems. I feel like the theme of anger can be related to by everyone. I was inspired to choose this genre from my own experience. I like the more dark emotions so I knew that anger would be something i was interested in.