Alliteration And Imagery In The Song 'Thriller' By Michael Jackson

Pathos was represented in the music video through the lyrics of the song. Singing over and over again the hope of an alternative to the so called bump in the night. This can be found in verse two of the song where Michael sings: “You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination.” Leading me to believe that these hopes were the same hopes he held on to during his own eerie times. Therefore, singing and displaying his own personal accounts, shows an appeal to the emotions of the audience and gains the credibility of the crowd of

evil theme. Throughout the song the newsreader gets louder. This may symbolise to the audience that the evil, tragic and negative things are taking over and overcoming the world and goodness. Also because the violence and murder is taking it reminds us that we cannot overlook and forget about these things that are happening.

The song called “Hotline Bling” is sung by Drake because his phone is constantly ringing like a “hotline.” The phone will forever ring because of fame and fans. In this song alliteration, nonstandard, and rhyme are being used. This song interest people just because of what he is saying and the way he is putting it.

     The use of symbols sets the tone of the piece. She personifies the rain in, “But the rain/ Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and

This theme is brought through the song by showing multiple literary devices. Such as “I'm the one at sail, I’m the master of my sea”. This metaphor shows the realization and empowerment that oneself can give in a depressing situation. This simile “Falling like ashes to the ground, Hoping my feelings they would drown” compares his feeling of sadness and depression to ashes, and wanting them to drown and vanish, from his life. This line, “All the hate that you’ve heard has turned your spirit to a dove” explains how all of the hate that he has experienced and gone through has turned his feelings around, and decided to look on the bright side of things. Personally I think this is a great

• On page 89, “The shadows deepened in the little room. The music grew strange and fantastic—turbulent, insistent, plaintive and soft with entreaty. The shadows grew deeper. The music filled the room.” What are the shadows and music referencing besides themselves…what is happening?

The author also shows the theme when Maddy states, “I don't know what I'm doing, only that I have to. “ This proves the theme because Maddy knows that she could possibly die if she were to runaway, but still decides to take that risk because she knows she would regret it forever if she were to pass up the opportunity.

My name is Ali Alansari, and the reason why I chose this song is because I always used to like this song since I was a child and now I really want to know the real meanings towards this song. Michael Jackson wrote thriller. This song was written in 1984, and zombies represent fears in the American consciousness. Also in that time, there was the great recession, which included poor communities, unemployment, AIDS crisis and racial polarization. The fact that this song was for terrorizing the neighborhood, it allows the audience to imagine connections for social and political issues. In this text, it is about Michael Jackson

It reminds us that nobody knew what would happen that day, and that people would leave their loved ones forever. In another part of the song, a line reads,Steel corpses stretch out towards and endless sun, scorched and black.” These lyrics give off imagery, and allow us to see what the survivors saw that day when the attacks happened. This image gives you a glance at the destruction caused by the attacks, and allows you to feel the emotions the survivors may have felt when the towers had fallen. My Chemical Romance then adds in personification, by saying, “Our memories blanket us with friends we know…”

The shadows and the darkness are described like that to show some interest and suspense in the story. Later on in the story it is also used as were Armand falls in love with Desiree, but Armand had seen her almost all her life and it’s weird how when she is laying in the stone pillar he falls in love with her instantly. This explains how both symbolisms are used in the story and also what they mean

As mentioned in the title and the first line, "Traveling Through the Dark", the darkness creates a tense and disoriented setting, for the narrator is confused on what exactly to do with the carcass. The darkness can also symbolize the insensitivity of man towards nature, a moral darkness. The syntax of the first line is also interesting in that it is not told that the deer is dead until the beginning of the second line, so the poem may start off almost as a happy one until discovered that the deer is in fact dead. The word "dead" is used to kick off the second line, which creates a thud-like sound when read aloud.

The editor uses alliteration in the title of the article “Teen terror a School issue”, which gains the readers attention and adds emphasis to the contention. The editor then begins to talk about the execution of Curtis Cheng as well as many other similar stories. This use of anecdotes evokes readers to feel sympathy for the victims and to express concern towards the education system, this use of persuasive features reinforces the editor’s contention. The editor also uses appeal to fear in insecurity throughout the piece. For example, the editor comments, “The danger of this spilling over into Australian Schools”, is “real”. This persuasive feature plays on people’s fears, influencing them to agree with the editor’s contention and reinforcing their attention. Another opinion piece links with both pieces but uses a different

For example in the music video the band members are blurred by running water. This shows how unclear and hazy people can be, this goes with the idea of fake friends as they are portrayed as being ambiguous. Also in the music video the idea of being overwhelmed is showed in two ways. It shows a room being filled with water as Cobain is hanging from a chandelier trying to escape it. The second example is when it shows an organism duplicating at an alarming rate . This is a symbol of how uncontrollable some things are in life and how overwhelming they can be. Also throughout the entire video the background always had a dark tone around helping set the gloomy and eerie tone. Another image showed in the video is one of a baby freely swimming in a pool and a gun floating around. They clearly contradict each other, this is parallel to his contradicting lyrics. The music video and the song go hand and hand together as the music video shows the hidden meaning in the song.

The opening scene is a little girl, telling her story. As the music builds, so does her confidence in what she is singing. There is a sullen nature to her voice and the music. However, there is a sense of warmth, in the music with the introduction of the mother. The young girl alone, at first, is a powerful statement, and the music follows that initial narrative. Yet, it almost feels like you can anticipate something bad happening next with the opening scene.

The first poetic device used in this song is imagery. “Narrow streets of cobblestone ‘Neath the halo of a street lamp. I turned my collar to the cold and damp” (lines 9-11). In these lines a person is standing alone, with a crowd farther down. This is the first time the narrator is accepting the fact that no one will go with him. The narrator is turning against society’s norms, even though he knows he will be alone. Perhaps this is showing the process of Jesus going by himself, knowing he had to do something to make the world see what is right. “And in the marked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more. People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening” (lines 16-18) In this moment the narrator has moved on. He is no longer on the same street as those he is turning against. Now he is on the outside looking in. The narrator is no longer on the same street because the narrator has realized the silence around him. As the song goes on the narrator gets further and further away from others.