Hey There Delilah

Confessing Love Through Song The purpose of this paper is to analyze the song “Hey There Delilah” by the Plain White T’s. This paper will identify the message and tone of the song, as well as the artist’s appeal to the audience by analyzing the organization of the song, and the specific rhetorical strategies the artist used to connect to the audience. The song’s organization, style, figurative language, and hyperboles in the lyrics will also be analyzed to connect the artist’s intention back to

A culture discussed in class that had interesting difference to American culture was Alaskan storytelling where the stressed importance was the relationship of the storyteller to the listener or audience. I imagined Alaskan populations spread out all over the large state, thus, my amazement that the oral tradition of storytelling were used with great significance to pass on information, emphasize morals, and describe the culture to new generations. A difference that was a surprise was that the children

"Hey There Delilah," by the Plain White T's, is a touching story about a woman's admirer that wishes to see her again and promises to go to her no matter how perilous or painstaking the circumstances may be.To begin, the artist uses a specific diacope over and over in order to express his love for the girl he is singing about, Delilah. He constantly repeats in the chorus, “Oh it’s what you do to me” (Plain White T’s, line 15-19). The repetition of this diacope makes the song more endearing and shows

auditioned with Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" as his audition song and then Oasis' "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" in a later round. Niall`s autioned with Ne-Yo`s “ So Sick”. Liam auditioned with "Cry Me a River". Louis`s audition song was "Hey There Delilah" by the Plain White T's. Lastly, Zayns audition song was sang "Let Me Love You" by Mario. Once they got to the round before boot camp, they were let go as solo artists and were formed as a group, later named One Direction. Week by week they

“What!?!? No this can’t be true! How did I not think of it before?! How did I not connect the dots?!”. I am Delilah Marie Gonzalez by day, but Cobolt Fire by night. That was me freaking out back there. Let me start from the beginning. I go to Monmouth University. I paid to have a dorm and live on campus. I thought that living on campus would be easier for me so that I do not have to drive from one city to another to get to class. My roommate is Sally Michelle Nimbit. Sally is friendly

pursuit of Daisy. The development of Gatsby's feelings for Daisy in their years apart was similar to the feelings evoked by the lyrics of “Hey Delilah”, a song by the band Plain White T's. An important factor that affected Gatsby and Daisy's relationship was the distance that separated them, and the same could be said about the couple in the song. The muse, Delilah, was in New York City while the singer was “a thousand miles away.” The song quickly established the singer’s infatuation for her through

“Mama! Por favor!” A little girl's blood curdling scream is heard everything goes pitch black. Sofia wakes up with cold sweat running down her face, she looks around everyone is passed out on their beds. She turns around until she’s on her back. Her face is lost in the deep blue ceiling that lays upon her. “10, 9, 8, 7-” she whispered to herself trying to go back to sleep, or at least just let time pass by. After counting to 100 Sofia was fast asleep. “Sofiaaa!” a voice whispered “WAKE UP, you're

“That's so cool. Im Tanner. This is Josh, Skyler, and Jason. Tyler's over there with his sister.” “Its very nice to meet you all, I’m Delilah.” I said with a smile. “Nice to meet you Delilah.” They all said in unison. Tanner told the rest of the guys to go away while he walked me home. On the way there we exchanged numbers and we found out were neighbors! Isn't that cool? I walked inside and greeted my parents

The excerpt from Chris Offutt’s The Same River Twice depicts his hitchhiking as a young adult. “The guts of America unfolded in every direction as I traveled the interstate bloodstream” is a metaphor that describes the circulatory nature of American interstates, and implies that Offutt knows them well. Bill, Offutt’s employer, is introduced having “always wore some article of military clothing” thus implying his background, but being “prone to silent crying, apropos of nothing.” which implies

The Great Gatsby written by Scott F. Fitzgerald has an important connection to music. The scenes throughout the novel connect to certain songs and these songs included many different genres by Lana Del Rey, Plain White T’s, The Who, etc. By connecting song and scenes from the book, the tone of the novel is revealed and the audience can understand the moment better. The first song that is exemplifies the themes and characters in The Great Gatsby is “Hit and Run” by Lana Del Rey. This song is a great