Analysis Of I Want To Write You A Song

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One direction has reached millions of fans through their music. The five members got their start on United Kingdom’s X-Factor competition in 2010, they won third place. (Lamont Par 2). One direction’s career took after they were eliminated and their fans started promoting them on social media. On March 25th, Zayn Malik left the band leaving the fans in fear that the band was going to break up. The rest of the members reassured them that they will be releasing another album before going on their indefinite hiatus. “I Want to Write You a Song” is written for the comfort of fans and includes a paradox, imagery, symbolism along other poetic elements and can be analyzed with a biographical criticism.
Firstly, this song has a lot imagery making
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For example, “One as beautiful as you are sweet / with just a hint of pain” (lines 2-3), is a paradox. Both lines contradict each other by the artist is saying that the person is wonderful and has had a good life but they have also been through tough times and knows what it is like to feel some sort of pain. In line 9, the artist uses symbolism when they say, “you 'll have a hiding place you can go,” the hiding place being them. They 're always going to be there when you need some type of comfort or just someone to make you forget, even for a little while. This song also includes repetition. The line “I wanna write you a song” keeps being repeated to be emphasized that it was written for the listener to find comfort in it. It also lets the listener know that the writer had the fans in mind when writing the song. Another repetition is “everything I need I get from you” and “givin’ back is all I wanna do” meaning that the artist gets their inspiration from their fans and all they want to repay them by writing songs that they can relate to. Also, the artist’s word choice in line 15, they use “sink” instead of “break” because they had previously mentioned a boat. It also makes the whole verse make sense by it is telling the listener that they won’t hurt them. Lastly, the song includes an allusion. The last verse is referring to their recent hiatus; they wrote this last album as a service to their …show more content…
One direction wanted to reassure the fans that they would be back and that even throughout their hiatus, they would still be around. In an interview, Liam Payne says, “It is definitely really sad for us. But obviously, we 're going back into it. So it 's not goodbye, it 's just, 'See you later.” (Ryan “It 's a break, but not goodbye”). This song, along with the whole album, has comforted many fans and gave them hope that they will back to make more music in the future.
In conclusion, “I Wanna Write You a Song” is filled with imagery, symbolism and other poetic elements. After the departure of a key member, One Direction’s only desire was to let the fans know they weren’t going anywhere. This song achieved that and more, with fans being able to find comfort in

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