Song Analyzation

"Legendary Lovers"
By Katy Perry

Katy Perry uses vivid detail to create a specific scene.

Poetic Devices Used:

Assonance-
"I never knew I could see something so clearly looking through my third eye
Never knew karma could be so rewarding and bring me to your life
Maybe this is the beginning of something so magical tonight (oh, oh)"

Alliteration-
"tropical temperature"
"come closer"
"never knew"
"see something so"
"legendary lovers"

Euphony is used a lot throughout the entire song.

Sibilance-
"Maybe this is the beginning of something so magical tonight"
"Underneath the blood orange sun
 Say my name like a scripture"

Throughout this song, there is also end rhyme, internal rhyme, and slant rhyme.
The rhyme scheme for the first three stanzas is the following: AABBCCCADAD

Simile-
"Say my name like a scripture
Keep my heart beating like a drum"

Anaphora-
"I" is repeated throughout the song.
"Never knew" is used multiple times at the beginning of many stanzas.
"Legendary lovers, we could be legendary
Legendary lovers, we should be legendary"
"Go down in history
Go down together, into infinity, forever"

Speaker-female lover
Occasion-possibly looking back on the time spent with her lover; maybe remembering how she    imagined it, similar to a fairy tale; like Romeo and Juliet in her mind
Audience-male lover
Purpose-maybe to remind her lover of what they had
Subject-love
Tone-sweet, passionate, positive, mystical

http://www.lyrics.com/legendary-lovers-lyrics-katy-perry.html



Reading Log:
2/14/14 - Writing Valentine's Day Poem (outside of class): 30 min.
2/20/14 - Reading World History Textbook and Answering Questions: 45 min.
2/22/14 - Annotating Song: 45 min.
Total: 120 min.