Monday, March 25, 2024

"Fido"

In the lines "Wide awake, stayin' up late / Wishin' I was not" in "Fido," there are some poetic features that complement the meaning.  There's assonance between "Wide awake" and "stayin' up late," which highlights the relationship between the two phrases, and all of this contrasts, both semantically and poetically, with "Wishin' I was not."

Monday, March 18, 2024

"Pretty Boy Floyd"

In the lines "And along come a deputy sheriff in a manner rather rude / Using vulgar words of language; his wife, she overheard" in "Pretty Boy Floyd," there's a slant rhyme between "rude" and "overheard," and this indicates the indirect manner in which Pretty Boy Floyd's wife heard the sheriff.

Monday, March 11, 2024

"You're Still on My Mind"

In the lines "The jukebox is playin' a honky tonk song / 'One more,' I keep sayin', 'and then I'll go home'" in "You're Still on My Mind," there's a slant rhyme between "song" and "home," indicating that because the narrator is "Alone and forsaken," his home is incomplete.

Monday, March 4, 2024

"Dolphin's Smile"

In the line "Rainbow's end ev'rywhere" in "Dolphin's Smile," the three syllables of "ev'rywhere" are all sung to different pitches (B A E), musically giving a sense of that breadth.