Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Love is pain.

Hey you must obey
Or you will bleed                                                 Hyperbole
You know I need to get my way
So now you listen up

You are my pup                                                  Metaphor
I beat you up in every way

An' when I speak to you

You answer true                                                  Assonance
Or I will make you black and blue
I love to make you wait
You take the bait
I know you hate and love me too                         Paradox


We are not to blame
For seeing love is pain
An' we are not ashamed
To say that love is pain
An' we'll do it again

You know it OWW                                            Onomatopoeia

I know you're not afraid
'Cause when you stayed
You knew you made the final show
So now you must submit
I'll never quit till you admit
You'll never go

We are not to blame
For seeing love is pain
We are not ashamed
To say that love is pain
You know it
OWW

We are not ashamed, we
are not ashamed,
We are not ashamed, we
are not ashamed
To say that love is pain
And we'll do it again




Well said Joan Jett! Love is pain, but we end up falling in it over and over again.
There's alot of poetry terminology hidden in every song. In this particular song, there are a few that stick out.
The whole song is written in first person. There is a bunch of Hyperbole-extreme exaggeration- in each stanza. I don't think Joan Jett would actually make someone "bleed" just because they didn't "obey" her. She uses a metaphor when she calls the guy she's talking to her "pup". He's not actually a dog. Assonance comes in during the 2nd stanza. Also in the 2nd stanza is a paradox. You wouldn't think that it's normal to "hate and love" someone, they contradict each other. When Joan Jett shouts "OWW" at the end of the chorus, that's an example of onomatopoeia.

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  1. I like the humor and parallel structure in your college application. Some very nice imagery in your descriptive paragraph. Keep your song alaysis language a bit more formal. Words such as "a bunch" or "there's a lot.." could be less casual.31/36

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