Grammy award winning R&B artist, Adele, conquered the billboards with the number one album ‘21’, selling over million copies. Her most popular song on the album is “Someone like you”, which tells the story of her previous lover. Though she wants nothing but the best for her ex, she prays he remembers the good in the relationship. This soulful song lures in people with situations similar to hers, such as; having to move on from a break up when your heart doesn’t want to and staying strong in knowing it was a reason the relationship ended in the first place, so don’t look back. The poet, Adele, uses various elements of poetry to create a theme of love.
Setting is the time and place where a scene occurs. Adele’s character as a whole is a soulful …show more content…
Denotation is present in the poem as she says “I 'll remember you said, “Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead, Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.” She literally remembered the words he said and carried them on with her. Connotation is also present in, “I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited, but I couldn 't stay away, I couldn 't fight it.” She is expressively saying that the love she had for her ex would never go away and that she was so drawn and devoted into the relationship to the point she can’t stay away without a fight. She wishes he would feel the same and as if she’s the only one trying and cares. She doesn’t fathom how her pride and love gets in the way of moving on as she says “I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited”. Diction is the style of speaking. Adele speaks in a rather informal and slang way in the following lyrics: “Old friend why are you so shy? Ain’t like you to hold back or hide from the …show more content…
She draws you into her shoes. From the tempo of the music to her appearance in the video and down to the lyrics, she captures the audience attention. An example of imagery used is when she implies, “We were born and raised in the summer haze. Bound by the surprise of our glory days”. In that quote, Adele is simply saying that the summer romance was filled with fun amongst her and her ex. In that quote, you can picture the couple having fun in the summer.
In the poem there are quite a few literary devices. “Someone like You” has a simile in it. A simile is a comparison using like or as. Adele takes use of it when she says, “Never mind ill find someone like you”. Adele is comparing her ex to her potential. She is saying she will find someone new like her old. There is a metaphor in the poem too. A metaphor is a comparison without using like or as. The metaphor is used when she says, “regrets and mistakes, they’re memories made”. She’s comparing regrets and mistakes to memories. However, there are no examples of
Setting is the time and place where a scene occurs. Adele’s character as a whole is a soulful …show more content…
Denotation is present in the poem as she says “I 'll remember you said, “Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead, Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.” She literally remembered the words he said and carried them on with her. Connotation is also present in, “I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited, but I couldn 't stay away, I couldn 't fight it.” She is expressively saying that the love she had for her ex would never go away and that she was so drawn and devoted into the relationship to the point she can’t stay away without a fight. She wishes he would feel the same and as if she’s the only one trying and cares. She doesn’t fathom how her pride and love gets in the way of moving on as she says “I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited”. Diction is the style of speaking. Adele speaks in a rather informal and slang way in the following lyrics: “Old friend why are you so shy? Ain’t like you to hold back or hide from the …show more content…
She draws you into her shoes. From the tempo of the music to her appearance in the video and down to the lyrics, she captures the audience attention. An example of imagery used is when she implies, “We were born and raised in the summer haze. Bound by the surprise of our glory days”. In that quote, Adele is simply saying that the summer romance was filled with fun amongst her and her ex. In that quote, you can picture the couple having fun in the summer.
In the poem there are quite a few literary devices. “Someone like You” has a simile in it. A simile is a comparison using like or as. Adele takes use of it when she says, “Never mind ill find someone like you”. Adele is comparing her ex to her potential. She is saying she will find someone new like her old. There is a metaphor in the poem too. A metaphor is a comparison without using like or as. The metaphor is used when she says, “regrets and mistakes, they’re memories made”. She’s comparing regrets and mistakes to memories. However, there are no examples of