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Song Lyrics Analysis Worksheet

Directions: Using your parent approved song: Google/look-up the lyrics and print them. Using this sheet as your guide, analyze the lyrics for deeper meaning! You may type directly on this worksheet or print it, your choice!

Title of Song: _______________________________________

Artist: ____________________________________________

Speaker:

• What character traits would you give to the speaker in the song?

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POV (point of view):

• Who’s telling the story (artist, speaker, someone else)?

• 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person?

Subject/Topic:

• What is the song mainly about?

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Setting:

• Where does your song take place?

• When (if applicable)?

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Mood:

• What is the mood of the song? How does it make you feel? Does it change?

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Musicality: Listen…

• Does the music or part of the song match the mood? How/Explain.

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Others:

• Are there other people/characters in the song? If so, are they named?

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Conflict:

• What’s the problem in your song?

• Can you relate to the problem in your own life?

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Figurative Language/Symbols: Metaphors, Alliteration, Personification, Simile, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Idiom

• What figurative language do you see in your song?

• What do they represent?

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Theme: (i.e. friendship, hope, love, loss, growing up, family, overcoming challenges etc.)

• What do you think this song is saying about life?

• Is there something to be learned?

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Evidence of Theme:

• On your copy of the song, HIGHLIGHT words/phrases that support the theme you have chosen. Then list these words/phrases below:

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Now go back and reread the title – is there more meaning to it now? Explain in a paragraph.

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