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*Definition*
Song is a composition of tone or voice in sequence, combination and temporal relation to produse a musical compositian that has unity and continuity.
*Function*
Songs are used to express feeling and idea in an entertaining world. Songs can be used to deliver social criticism. The moral values are hidden in the lyrics.
Language features of song
1. Imagery. Imagery describes about feelings and emotions.
2. Rhythm. rhythm creates mood.
Figures of speech
1. Metaphor,comparing two things that are not a like to suggest that they actually have something in common. e.g. “Time is a thief” or “Her haisr was silk”
2. Simile,comparestwothingsusing “like” or “as’’. e.g. My loveislike a redrose
3. Hyperbole,a dramaticlanguage. Big exaggeration, usuallywith humor. e.g. That math home work took me 8 million years to finish”.
4. Personification,anobjectappearlike a person. e.g.The windwhisper” or “The snow flakes danced in the wind”.
5. Allititration, there petation of the same beginning sound in a series of words.
Generic Structure
Verse
Bridge
Coda
