American pop country singer songwriter and American idol winner, Carrie Underwood’s, “So Small” is about not sweating the small stuff because everything gets better.
“It’s like a river that’s so wide it swallows you whole” this simile means that something as small as a river isn’t so important than if it was an ocean. “Sometimes that mountain you’ve been climbing is just a grain of sand.” When you love someone it makes everything else seem “so small” and love is the main thing. “I know it’s hard on a rainy day you want to shut the world out and just be left alone but don’t run out on your faith.” When you have one of those days, when you just have the whole world on your shoulders, and you just want to cry. Remember that there are better things out there, and brighter days are ahead.
Monday, January 12, 2009
She's My Kind of Rain by Tim McGraw
The American country singer and actor, Tim McGraw’s song, “She’s My Kind of Rain” is about acknowledging women and what they’ve done for you.
To start off, the title of the song is a metaphor. There are many types of rain, hard rain, light rain and sleet, and this woman in particular is his kind of rain. An example of a simile is, “She sits quietly there like water in a jar.” It’s like this woman is trying to change him, but not in a pushy way. The whole stanza, “She's the sunset's shadow, she's like Rembrandt’s light, she's the history that's made at night, she's my lost companion, she's my dreamin' tree, together in this brief eternity,” is one whole extended metaphor. He’s stating that she’s his everything in his life.
Tim McGraw probably based “She’s My Kind of Rain” off of his wife, country singer, Faith Hill. Together, McGraw and Hill sing, “It’s Your Love” together.
To start off, the title of the song is a metaphor. There are many types of rain, hard rain, light rain and sleet, and this woman in particular is his kind of rain. An example of a simile is, “She sits quietly there like water in a jar.” It’s like this woman is trying to change him, but not in a pushy way. The whole stanza, “She's the sunset's shadow, she's like Rembrandt’s light, she's the history that's made at night, she's my lost companion, she's my dreamin' tree, together in this brief eternity,” is one whole extended metaphor. He’s stating that she’s his everything in his life.
Tim McGraw probably based “She’s My Kind of Rain” off of his wife, country singer, Faith Hill. Together, McGraw and Hill sing, “It’s Your Love” together.
Oh Love by Brad Paisley
The Grammy award-winning country music singer, song writer, and guitarist, Brad Paisley’s “Oh Love” is about how love is strong and powerful.
“Oh Love” is made of almost all similes, the first example is, “Strong like a mother holds her child.” Love is important so you want to embrace it, and never let it go. Another example of a simile is, “Free as horses runnin’ wild.” Another simile is, “And real as a prayer on a lonely night.” Love is as free and real, as anyone wants it to be because it’s not something to be forced, or something to not enjoy. One more example of a simile is, “And sure as the ocean tide.” When you know you’re in love, it’s a good feeling and it can’t be replaced easily. The last example of a simile is, “Deep as the life from God’s own breath.” Love is something to love.
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood wrote this song for listeners to feel how deep, and real love really is.
“Oh Love” is made of almost all similes, the first example is, “Strong like a mother holds her child.” Love is important so you want to embrace it, and never let it go. Another example of a simile is, “Free as horses runnin’ wild.” Another simile is, “And real as a prayer on a lonely night.” Love is as free and real, as anyone wants it to be because it’s not something to be forced, or something to not enjoy. One more example of a simile is, “And sure as the ocean tide.” When you know you’re in love, it’s a good feeling and it can’t be replaced easily. The last example of a simile is, “Deep as the life from God’s own breath.” Love is something to love.
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood wrote this song for listeners to feel how deep, and real love really is.
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