Good Life Poetic Devices

The song “Good Life” is performed by the band OneRepublic, and written by songwriters Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle, Noel Zancanella and Eddie Fisher. The focus of the song is on the good and bad in life, hence the title “Good Life”. By examining the poetic devices inside the composition, it can be plainly seen that the song “Good Life”, by OneRepublic is a piece of poetry.
The theme of the song “Good Life” by OneRepublic is that even though some aspects of life can be difficult, life in general is usually good. For example, when the song states “Sometimes there's bull$#!^ that don't work now. We all got our stories but please tell me. What there is to complain about”, the artist of the song is saying sometimes things don’t work out, but life’s …show more content…
The songwriters used things like alliteration, rhymes and hyperboles. Alliteration is used in the line “New names and numbers that I don’t know”. The artist(s) used alliteration in this line because it’s near the beginning of the track, and they want it to catch the listener’s attention by making it sound catchy. Another strategy the authors used to make the song sound catchy was by using rhymes. For example, a rhyme is used in the lines 12-13(fight, tonight). Overall, alliteration and rhyming both made the song “Good Life” hook the audience’s attention and made the piece sound better. Another literary device used by the songwriters was a hyperbole, used when the song states “Sometimes there’s airplanes I can’t jump out”. This line creates a bigger effect for the audience because it is an exaggeration. It also helps people connect easier. The author can’t use a personal experience because less people would relate to it. By using a hyperbole, people will visualize and connect to the exaggeration, by comparing it to their everyday experiences. All in all, the songwriter predominantly used poetic devices to make the song sound catchy and to create bigger effects for the