Linkin Park Figurative Language
Linkin Park is an American rock band that formed in 1996 at Agoura Hills, California. This band consists of Chester Bennington, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, and Mike Shinoda. Many of the songs this band makes are very dark and intense. The song “Shadow of the Day” by Linkin Park shows how the lead singer Chester expresses his feelings. There are many elements of poetry throughout this song. In the beginning of the song there is figurative language shown. For example, “Sometimes goodbye’s the only way,” is saying that the person is ill or hurt inside to live longer because he or she is in great pain. This was an example of personification due to using his body as an idea. In this song, the verse, “The sun will
set for you, and the shadow the day. Will embrace the world in gray, and the sun will set for you,” is repeated many times throughout the song. It means how you would leave a mark on this world and you would leave behind all the people you loved to pursue your happiness. Those lines meant how suicide was the only option for them to be happy. These lines were examples of personification because he was using his human qualities as ideas. The chorus plays an important role in this song because it constantly shows how the songs meaning is connected to his feelings. Throughout the song it also shows metaphors, which adds more poetic elements to the song. Also, in this song it shows how alliteration is used. For example, “And the sun will set for you, the sun will set for you,” this was listed many times to add more poetic elements to this song. There is another poetic element used in this song and which are metaphors. Metaphors are used to represent something else or regarded as being used. The verse, “In cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,” means that this person has passed away and your friends want you to come back, to not be dead. It is the darkest verse in the song, which then leads on to the repeated verse from the beginning. There were few metaphors throughout the song. Some of the verses represented feelings, which connected to death. This song was a song about life and death. This song was written and is about Chester’s life when he lost three of his best friends when he was young. He was heavily under the influence of alcohol and tried suicide. Later he divorced his wife and then never felt wanted, accepted or included. The part of the song where it repeated, “The sun will set for you,” was written to all the people in his life whom he had lost as they never made it to sunrise. This song could be interpreted differently by everyone; however, for me the songs meaning is how we all have highs and lows in our life.
set for you, and the shadow the day. Will embrace the world in gray, and the sun will set for you,” is repeated many times throughout the song. It means how you would leave a mark on this world and you would leave behind all the people you loved to pursue your happiness. Those lines meant how suicide was the only option for them to be happy. These lines were examples of personification because he was using his human qualities as ideas. The chorus plays an important role in this song because it constantly shows how the songs meaning is connected to his feelings. Throughout the song it also shows metaphors, which adds more poetic elements to the song. Also, in this song it shows how alliteration is used. For example, “And the sun will set for you, the sun will set for you,” this was listed many times to add more poetic elements to this song. There is another poetic element used in this song and which are metaphors. Metaphors are used to represent something else or regarded as being used. The verse, “In cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,” means that this person has passed away and your friends want you to come back, to not be dead. It is the darkest verse in the song, which then leads on to the repeated verse from the beginning. There were few metaphors throughout the song. Some of the verses represented feelings, which connected to death. This song was a song about life and death. This song was written and is about Chester’s life when he lost three of his best friends when he was young. He was heavily under the influence of alcohol and tried suicide. Later he divorced his wife and then never felt wanted, accepted or included. The part of the song where it repeated, “The sun will set for you,” was written to all the people in his life whom he had lost as they never made it to sunrise. This song could be interpreted differently by everyone; however, for me the songs meaning is how we all have highs and lows in our life.