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Baby It's Cold Outside Poem Analysis
The song “Baby It’s Cold Outside” was originally written by Frank Loesser but the version I chose was from Glee sung by Kurt and Blaine. This song represents how a holiday like Christmas is supposed to be spent with a person you love and so in the song the singer is talking to someone special and is asking them to stay for a while longer. The poetic devices they use are out there, I really can’t stay, and baby it’s cold outside. The song has a rhythm to it. The song rhymes a lot. There is a meaning to how the rhythm and rhymes are shown in the song.
The phrase “baby it’s cold outside” which is repeated quite a few times is the most important one. The name of the song is “Baby It’s Cold Outside” and in the song they repeat that phrase so the

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