Sunday, February 16, 2014

song analisis


http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/animals/houseoftherisingsun.html

The song I am choosing to analyze is the House of the Rising Sun by the Animals.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

[Organ Solo]

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

Analysis
Within the song there is of corse a rhyme pattern and a lot of end rhyme, and some eternal rhyme. Such as in sin, or to new. For end rhyme there are things like done sun, train chain, and sun and one.  Also there is a lot of sibilance. Within every line there is multiple s sounds, weather it starts, ends or is within the word. Also this whole entire song is filled Euphony. 
This song tells a story about a guy that ruins his life by drinking and stuff, and while he could easily tell the story with all wow is me and cacophony he decides to use euphony to tell it. This makes it all nice and pretty for a sad story witch I find to be very interestingAlso the way that they use sibilance within it makes it sound all sorrowful and sad. This is because all the s words seem to be sad ones, or the way that they are put in it make it sound so sad. But that is what they were going for. The way that the animals uses euphony, and sibilance brings about a sad, sorrowful, and resentful tone to this song, making one feel some what sad when listing to it. 



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