Any songs with poetic devices that are school appropriate?

Question

My teacher gave us an important assignment in English.
We have to find "poetic devices" in a song's lyrics
I tried sooo many songs but she refused all of them (5 to be exact)
I cant think of anymore songs with poetic devices
Please help...but she made one catch...the songs have to be school appropriate
meaning: no curses- not even editting cursing
please help
If you can please list at least 2?
Thank you sooo much...plus 10 points given to best answer!

Answer 1

Sorry i dont really listen to *young people's music* so can't help you with specific songs, but you are looking for songs with any of the following things:
a rhyme
a repeated pattern (ABAB etc)
images where the songwriter says things such as * you are like... to me*
or images where the song writer says *you ARE... *
any song that uses repeated letter sounds

There is an Australian band called the Cruel Sea who have a song called Blackstick.... it includes the lyrics.. "my heart is a muscle which pumps blood like a big old black steam train..."(simile)
There was also a band maybe ten years ago called travis i think, who had a song called Driftwood, which also contained a lovely poetic metaphor. You could google them both.

it is a great assignment and one which i will give my studetns when we go back from holidays :D cheers

Answer 2

David Wilcox writes very literate songs with wonderful turns of phrase. www.davidwilcox.com

Good luck!

Here are some beautiful lyrics by David Wilcox



Three Brothers


All three brothers loved their father, but he's brought them here today

To see these papers and these lawyers, and divide the old estate

All three feel that they're the favorite, he loves each of them the best

But these documents he gave them, will now put them to the test


So they open all the writings, that will prove the rightful heir

To this home that they remember, and the right to settle there

Their own sister is a prisoner, they don't see her face to face

They've not heard her song of beauty, or felt the movement of her grace



She lives live behind those bars of steel and waits for her release

Will she die or will we see

Jerusalem In Peace



Each one looks at what he's given, and he studies what he's shown

They hold their maps that show possession, of this place they've called their home

At first they sigh with satisfaction, when they see what's on their maps

Each one's given all he wanted, but the boundaries overlap


So do you wish us to be brothers? Father help us understand

Or will we each kill off the others? to claim this same piece of land

Do You mean there to be hatred? In this place you built to last

And will faith just die a prisoner? In the dungeon of the past


She lives behind those bars of steel and waits for her release

Will she die or will we see

Jerusalem In Peace


She lives behind those bars of steel and waits for her release

Will she die or will we see

Jerusalem In Peace


Jerusalem is sending her voice from inside the prison of disbelief

Stand up you people of the one God to bring about her release