I Get High Personification

In the song “When I Get Low I Get High” by Ella Fitzgerald, the lyrics include poetic devices such as consonance, repetition, ambiguity, personification. The hook of the song is “When I get low, oh, I get high” which contains symbolism and is a poetic device of repetition is also a form of ambiguity. Looking at this hook being repeated throughout the song in a voice that sounds cheerful and upbeat is trying to misguide listeners at first because it sound so energetic but in reality the mood and mood is actually misleading. The real meaning behind this lyric is negative which is how this lyric is also a form of ambiguity. The underlying meaning of what Ella Fitzgerald is trying to say is that when she is sad or “low”, she turns to alcohol and drugs which makes her feel “high” or in this case better.
In the song “When I Get Low I Get High” personification is also used when Ella sings “Nobody knows how troubles all drown around me”. Ella is trying to convey how she is sad and feels this gloominess that affects her a lot but no one knows because she is good at hiding her emotions which is …show more content…
She tries to exaggerate her feelings to communicate this idea that she is feeling upset, alone and like her problems are to the point where it is overwhelming her. Also Ella also incorporated the poetic device, consonance in her lyric line “that ain’t right”. The use of her doing so creates a emotion of importance and stresses the intent on how not right it was for her “man” to leave her. The importance of this device is to stress the meaning of her feelings so that her pain can be shared and related back to from her listeners. Thus, in total the song “When I Get Low I Get High” sang by Ella Fitzgerald has incorporated various poetic devices to express herself and in the issue of loneliness so that her listeners can understand, interpret, and