Do you know who sang and composed the song “Jingle Bell Rock”? The song “Jingle Bell Rock” was sung by Bobby Helms, and was released in 1957. It was composed by Joseph Carleton Beal and James Ross Boothe, and was considered the first mainstream rock’n’roll christmas song. The purpose of this essay is to analyze the author's use of literary devices in the song “Jingle Bell Rock”. The authors or composers of the song did a good job using the literary devices to bring out the theme because the mood is always happy and says how the people are dancing around, having fun and how christmas is the best time of the year. The song also moves you and makes you want to have fun. Throughout the song there …show more content…
It makes you imagine the scenario and the setting of the song. Not only it makes you imagine the scenario and setting of the song, but it also makes you think of and wonder what the beat of the music is and how all the laughter of the people would sound. An example that you may use for the literary device of imagery is, “Snowing and blowing in bushels of fun” (1:3). “Snowing and blowing in bushels of fun” uses imagery because it makes you imagine what is happening. It impacts the song because the line says that the people are having a lot of fun. Another example that may be used for this literary device is “Dancing and Prancing in Jingle Bell Square” (2:9). “Dancing and Prancing in Jingle Bell Square” also uses the literary device of imagery because it makes you fantasize where the people are and what they are doing. The line says that the people are dancing in “Jingle Bell Square” which also makes you think and picture that the song might take place in Times Square. In addition to these examples another literary device of imagery used is, “Mix and a-mingle in the jingling beat” (3:19). “Mix and a-mingle in the jingling beat” uses imagery and impacts the song because it makes you envision that the people are moving and dancing to the beat of the jingle bells. Another literary device that the writers Beal & Boothe used in the song is