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Favorite Song Analysis Assignment, Lecture notes of Poetry

San Francisco State University (SFSU)Poetry

An assignment for students to analyze their favorite song by identifying its lyrics, themes, figurative language, tone, and poetic structure. Students are encouraged to choose a personally meaningful song and include an image that represents their interpretation. The assignment includes questions to guide the analysis and examples of figurative language and rhyme scheme.

What you will learn

  • What is the main theme of your favorite song and which line best reflects it?
  • Which line from your favorite song contains an example of alliteration?
  • Which stanza from your favorite song has the most lines and what is its rhyme scheme?
  • Which figurative language example from your favorite song best illustrates the theme and how?
  • Which line from your favorite song contains an example of internal rhyme?
  • What tone does the singer convey in your favorite song and which line best represents it?

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1013 Remote Learning Assignment: May 4-8, 2020
Analyzing a Song: Favorite Song Project
(Due May 8th by 3 PM; graded using the “Remote Learning Rubric”)
Did you know that SONG LYRICS are actually POEMS? YES! POETRY! This week, I would like you to
practice reading poetry by analyzing one of your favorite songs.
Choose any song you want from ANY genre (except instrumental – it HAS to have lyrics). It’s best if you
choose a song that has personal meaning to you. Because this is a school assignment, your song choice
needs to be school appropriate. If your favorite song has some questionable content/language, please
make sure you use a CLEAN version for this assignment.
IMPORTANT NOTE! I also emailed you a second document with defined poetry terms and a
model/example of this project fully complete with another song in case you are not sure how to answer
some of the questions. HAVE FUN!
Step 1: THE LYRICS. Copy and Paste the lyrics to one of your favorite songs HERE. Make sure you include
the song title and the songwriter’s name at the top of the lyrics. You can ALSO include the link to the
YouTube video of your song here so that I can listen to it (this is optional).
Step 2: THE IMAGE IN THE SONG. What do you picture as you listen to the lyrics? Insert an IMAGE here
that best shows what you picture when you listen to this song. You have 2 options for putting your
image in the document.
Option 1: DRAW YOUR IMAGE on a separate sheet of paper, then take a picture of it and insert the
picture of your image here.
Option 2: Find an image online or choose one of your own photos that best represents what this song
makes you think of and insert the image here.
Step 3: ANALYZE THE LYRICS. Answer each of the following questions using your favorite song lyrics.
1. What is the song about? (What is the story in the song?)
2. What is the theme (the main idea) of the song? Which line(s) from the song best reflect that theme?
You have to include a line from the song in your answer, CITED PROPERLY.
3. As we have learned this year, writers often use Figurative Language to create imagery and meaning.
We’ve learned about metaphors, similes, personification and symbols, which are all types of figurative
language that writers use. Find at least 1 example of figurative language in your song (a symbol,
metaphor, simile or personification) and quote it here, cited properly. Then explain how this example of
figurative language helps us understand the theme of the song.
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1013 Remote Learning Assignment: May 4-8, 2020 Analyzing a Song: Favorite Song Project (Due May 8th^ by 3 PM; graded using the “Remote Learning Rubric”) Did you know that SONG LYRICS are actually POEMS? YES! POETRY! This week, I would like you to practice reading poetry by analyzing one of your favorite songs. Choose any song you want from ANY genre (except instrumental – it HAS to have lyrics). It’s best if you choose a song that has personal meaning to you. Because this is a school assignment, your song choice needs to be school appropriate. If your favorite song has some questionable content/language, please make sure you use a CLEAN version for this assignment. IMPORTANT NOTE! I also emailed you a second document with defined poetry terms and a model/example of this project fully complete with another song in case you are not sure how to answer some of the questions. HAVE FUN! Step 1: THE LYRICS. Copy and Paste the lyrics to one of your favorite songs HERE. Make sure you include the song title and the songwriter’s name at the top of the lyrics. You can ALSO include the link to the YouTube video of your song here so that I can listen to it (this is optional). Step 2: THE IMAGE IN THE SONG. What do you picture as you listen to the lyrics? Insert an IMAGE here that best shows what you picture when you listen to this song. You have 2 options for putting your image in the document. Option 1: DRAW YOUR IMAGE on a separate sheet of paper, then take a picture of it and insert the picture of your image here. Option 2: Find an image online or choose one of your own photos that best represents what this song makes you think of and insert the image here. Step 3: ANALYZE THE LYRICS. Answer each of the following questions using your favorite song lyrics.

  1. What is the song about? (What is the story in the song?)
  2. What is the theme ( the main idea ) of the song? Which line(s) from the song best reflect that theme? You have to include a line from the song in your answer, CITED PROPERLY.
  3. As we have learned this year, writers often use Figurative Language to create imagery and meaning. We’ve learned about metaphors, similes, personification and symbols, which are all types of figurative language that writers use. Find at least 1 example of figurative language in your song (a symbol, metaphor, simile or personification) and quote it here, cited properly. Then explain how this example of figurative language helps us understand the theme of the song.
  1. We have also been learning that tone is a writer’s attitude towards the topic. What tone do you hear in the singer’s voice? (Bitter, Happy, Angry, Sarcastic, Mellow, Serious, etc.) Quote one line (cited properly) from the song lyrics that best creates that tone here:
  2. A stanza in a poem is the group of lines that belong together – often there is a space between each stanza. In a song, these are called the verses and one of the stanzas that is repeated in the song is called the chorus. Choose 1 stanza from your song and copy/paste it here, then answer the two questions that follow. 5a. How many lines does this stanza have? 5b. Rhyme Scheme is the way the lines of the song rhyme ( sound the same ) at the END of each line. What is the rhyme scheme in the stanza you chose? (Make sure you look at the example project if you don’t know how to label a rhyme scheme.)
  3. Internal rhyme is when two or more words rhyme with each other in the same line of the song. Find one example of internal rhyme in your song and quote it here (cited properly). If you can’t find any internal rhyme, just write that here. But MOST good song writers include it somewhere in the song!
  4. Alliteration is when two or more words in the same line of the song start with the same consonant sound. Find one example of alliteration in your song and quote it here (cited properly). If you can’t find any alliteration, just write that here. But MOST good song writers include it somewhere in the song!
  5. Finally, write a short paragraph that explains WHY you chose this song. Include specific details from the song (quoted and cited properly) to support your reason(s).