Literary Techniques In Tim Mcgraw's My Little Girl

Tim McGraw is a singer songwriter, and he admits that he is not the best songwriter: “I might write a song every couple of months and write a good one every couple of years, maybe. It has to come to me in an inspired way. I can’t just sit down and write” (Tim McGraw). McGraw’s song writer Lance Miller helps McGraw to finish his songs. McGraw and Miller utilizes morals , lessons of regrets, narratives, love, and repetition in his songs.
Tim McGraw and his co-songwriter Lance Miller employs morals, lessons of regrets, and mistakes in his songs to tell a story about what he has learned or experienced in his life. The listener learns that there are many sacrifices in life and their effect on the future. The audience of the song “If You’re Reading This” hears the reason why a dad missed the birth of his babygirl, and that’s because he was serving his country. Miller and McGraw writes, “I won’t be there / to see the birth of our little …show more content…
In “My Little Girl” the narrator states he loves for his daughter, so McGraw can relate to the audience. Within the song stated above McGraw sings, “Sometime you’re asleep I whisper ‘I love you!’ in the moonlight at your door” (McGraw 15). McGraw’s daughter goes onto say “I love you more” back, which shows love. In addition in “She’s My Kind of Rain” the narrator says all of the activities that he did what his wife wanted to do. The speaker states, “I ain’t seen the brave/play a game all year” (McGraw 7 - 8). A guy doing what the girl wants to do, even if he doesn’t shows that he loves her. In addition to those examples there are still more in “My Little Girl.” Mcgraw goes on to sing to his daughter to chase your dreams. (McGraw line 20) This indirectly shows love to the little girl because she knows her dad cares about her. McGraw uses love in his songs, so the listeners can relate to experiences in real