Literary Devices Used In The Song 'Sae Love'

Lyric poetry flourished during Greece’s Archaic Age. This was a time of rebirth for Greece. Literacy shifted from epics to lyric poetry as a result encouragement for a variety of voices to be heard. Lyric poetry is different from epic poetry because it is more personal to the author and is mostly their personal thoughts. In Greece, Sappho was unquestionably the finest composer of lyric poetry. Sappho’s poems were intimate. Love was always the evident theme.

In the article, “BOW DOWN, MACKLEMORE: Why Same Love is NOT My Queer Anthem,” Kelly Fox argues that Macklemore’s song Same Love is homophobic, racist, and that Macklemore is a poor excuse for an LGBT ally. While Fox may have a few good points, she rants throughout her article, and establishes almost no credibility with her audience. All of this makes finding those good bits really difficult and not worth it.

To begin, as the song progresses through each of the nine stanzas, it describes a year and dystopic view of innovation, time, and ultimately revelations. Man’s actions in the song have placed traditional morals, religion, the Earth, and their own survival at risk. The base line and percussion drives a dramatic tempo that alludes to the rapidly ticking of a clock. The final stanza of the song is unlike the rest. It offers

The Perception of People Initially, I thought that this piece would be about a man or a woman who struggled to find their sexual orientation, however, I soon found it to be so much more. This reminded me of an article that I read recently that recalled the the story told by the rapper, Macklemore, that explained how he thought he would be gay merely on the account that we was able to draw. The article infers that his song, “Same Love” was a reflection of these thoughts. However, let us not stray from the topic at hand.

The final stanza once again invokes a feeling of helplessness. because the person heard a voice coming from the other side of the wall, but was unable to do anything.

The first line of the first stanza is just says “ pearl avenue runs past the high school lot ’which that is a metaphor, and That's saying how he misses high school and the memories just run by when he passes. Line 2-3 is showing alliteration

In the first stanza, irony is used in order to make reading the poem more interesting. The situation in this stanza is very important. The young child is in a dire situation due to wanting to help better the lives of African Americans. Randall focuses on a specific event that affected African Americans.

The goal of the song “Same love” is to demonstrate a belief in supporting gay marriage and to emphasize the importance of being respectful and supportive of gay people. Ben Haggerty is a white American who was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. Ben grew up in a Catholic community, but was exposed to acceptance of gay people at a young age because of his gay uncle. It wasn’t just the issue of marriage equality that prompted him to write the song, it was also the use of ‘gay’ as a derogative term in the hip-hop industry. According to the Huffington post, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis said both the Catholic and hip-hop communities are known for being

The speaker in the song “All of Me” by John Legend uses figurative language more effectively than the song “Just the Way You Are” by Bruno Mars because it uses paradoxes to reveal the complexities of love and affection. For example, when the speaker describes the murkiness of love, he sings, “My head’s underwater/ But I’m breathing fine” (9-10). This demonstrates the complexity of the relationship by revealing that his vision is murky but lives on. This is also a paradox because in water a person can’t breath naturally, but in this instance the speaker reveals that he can indeed breath fine.

“Same Love” starts out with a personal experience that started at youth. It talks about how Macklemore thought that he, himself, might be gay due to his ability to draw well and that his room was always clean. Comparing himself to his uncle who is gay and the stereotypes that go along with being gay he decided he wasn't because his mother told him that he always liked girls and that he was good at sports. Growing up and hearing the many wrong stereotypes about homosexuals was all he knew about them at the time. The song then moves from the past to

For example, each line break signifies a specific step that is sometimes taken in youthful indiscretions such as, “We real cool. We Left School” (Kirszner and Mandell, 2012). In youth one has a desire to be accepted among their peers, to be perceived as a “cool” person, and often they make poor decisions to achieve this perception. Therefore, the author was trying to convey to the reader that this was the first bad decision made, and with each line that follows, the decisions become worse ultimately ending in death. Therefore, the poem is about young people making poor decisions and the consequences associated with those

One factor of the song that the general public seems to unaware of is the forgotten fourth and sixth verses. The fourth verse is about how America claims to be for everyone, despite the segregation at the time, using a wall as a metaphorical representation. The sixth verse, which never made it past manuscript, is about how the citizens of America fail to help the minorities, and

“Live on! And be yourself! When I was in church they taught me something else. If you preach hate at the service, those words aren't anointed; That Holy Water that you soak in has been poisoned. When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless, rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen. I might not be the same but that's not important. No freedom til we're equal: Damn right I support it!” When he says when he was in church they taught him something else, he means that he was taught growing up that being gay is wrong, which is why he calls holy water poisoned. He explains how people would rather just watch things happen and be “voiceless” than do something about all the hate that is spread toward people with different beliefs. Macklemore does a great job in this song supporting homosexuals and telling them to stay strong, and that change will come if people decide they want it to. Everyday we hear about people committing suicide because they can’t deal with all the hatred in today’s society, which is why Macklemore is a muse, in my opinion, because he spreads hope to the ones that need it, when he could just as easily be “voiceless.”

The rap song, “Same Love”, by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis is a composition used to demonstrate my area of expertise of Gary Rights. It was an anthem that fought for marriage equality before it became legal nationwide in the United States, but its message still echoes in countries in which same-sex marriage has yet to be legalized. The message that the artists are trying to send is aimed towards the public that doesn’t necessarily support equality, or people who generally doesn't have an opinion on the matter while also attracting those who struggle with the issue of being accepted. It aims to show that same-sex couples are no different from heterosexuals ones, and that love is love. The song as well as the music video provides rhetorical appeals to try and convince the viewer. It targets pathos by showing the story of a man and his personal struggles to overcome societal

It is obvious that not all songs can contain only the complicated devices, there are simple ones such as simile and free verse found throughout. Free verse can be found throughout the entire poem, but an example of a simile can be found at the end of the song where Sheeran writes, “You scarred and left me/ Like a sunburn” (Sheeran lines 39-40). Even though these are simple literary devices, they are used correctly and effectively throughout the song. This helps to prove the point that the song can be more artistic than a poem. Enjambment and repetition are both on the difficult side of literary devices and are found within the song.