Monday, February 17, 2014

"I'll Be" Edwin McCain

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/edwinmccain/illbe.html

This song is very euphonic when read like a usual love song, this creates an atmosphere of comfort. Also, the phrase "I'll be" is pronounced multiple times representing an anaphora. There's also a part, where theres more cacophony in order to show the more aggressive and mean things he's been feeling. Whenever he says, "And rain falls angry on the tin roof," he uses personification with the rain. 
Again with the euphony, it gives the audience a feeling of comfort. Especially in, "And emeralds from mountains thrust towards the sky
Never revealing their depth.
Tell me that we belong together,

Dress it up with the trappings of love." The speaker is a man in love that hasn't quite been officially in a relationship with the girl he's talking to. The occasion is the speaker confessing his love for the girl and telling her how great of a boyfriend he could be. The audience intended by the speaker must have been the girl he's in love with, and to tell her he's in love with her. Overall, this song is just a love son with a euphonic tone bringing comfort.

1 comment:

  1. Great song choice! I completely agree about the euphony in this song, but I think you should maybe reconsider the purpose of the use of cacophony.

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