Josh Ramsay's Song 'Forget Me Not'

Over 5.1 million Americans are suffering from Alzheimer's disease presently. Alzheimer's is an atrocious disease that destroys family by family every year. It affects the memory portion of the brain including both short and long term memory. The disease starts slowly and gets worse over time. Problems besides memory loss can include language problems, disorientation, and mood swings. The effects of the disease only make the difficulties for family members greater. Josh Ramsay’s song, “Forget Me Not,” tells the delicate story of a young man whose mother is suffering from Alzheimer's. The structural devices contributing to the despondent but desiring tone include sorrowful rhyme, repeated arrangement, as well as alliteration to reinforce his faithful idea that you should take advantage of what you have, because one day it all might vanish.

Rhyme is used in many literary pieces in order to emphasize certain words to give hints towards the theme of the writing. Josh uses end rhyme to emphasize the morose feelings he
Josh sings the words “make me/ my mothers selfish son”(17-18). The repetition of the m sound for 4 words in a row is unusual in common English language. Because is it fairly uncommon in typical conversations, it remains in your head for a longer period of time. This is one of the catchiest lines of the song and is repeated 2 times and therefore is more memorable. Josh was aware of his selfishness because of his greater personal concern about his loss rather than his mother's debilitating experiences. He had felt guilty for demoting his mother throughout her life and is now feeling the suffering. Josh realized that he should have cared and spent time with his mother while she still had a viable memory. He feels remorseful and wrote this song to express his condemned emotions regarding his vanishing