Monday, February 17, 2014

poem annalization

I must belong somewhere
by Bright Eyes

In the song I must belong somewhere the speaker is a man who does not want to leave a place which he believes he belongs.  Someone him his life wants him to go with them.  He tries to tell the person that he belongs here by giving a lot of examples of things to let remain. 

The poem shows a lot of anaphora with the word leave at the beginning of nearly every sentence.  There is alliteration in the beginning of the song.  The tone is rather sad and lonely, maybe a little regretfully because the guy wants to stay behind.


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