Poetic Techniques Used In The A Team
With the ever increasing use of technology in today’s society, video clips attached to songs are an important part of expression for the Youths of today. Music videos allow entry into peer groups and makes them feel like they are part of something bigger. Music videos and song lyrics are able to educate and inform youths about issues such as bullying, depression, through means they are able to relate to. They engage their senses by not only being audio but visual, as well as using young teenagers in their film clips further enhancing their communication towards youth. Music videos and lyrics also have various symbolism and poetic devices throughout which youth must identify to really understand the meaning being driven by the video clips. This
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The first and second line of the song highlight her drug addiction and severity of the tone of the song with the words “White lips, pale face” and “breathing in snowflakes” establishing that she is unwell and doesn’t see the sun much. By including this the audience is able to establish that there is something wrong as this usually symbolises illness. Also the word snowflakes is used as a metaphor for cocaine and allows the audience to understand her drug addiction without it being explicitly said. The 6th Stanza also highlights her means of income, “Long nights, strange men” which indirectly states that prostitution provides her with funds to afford cocaine. The Chorus specifically uses poetic devices to highlight the meaning of the song. In the second line of the chorus he sings “She’s in the class A team”. He uses Class A Team as a reference to her abuse of cocaine as cocaine is a Class A drug. By using the term Class A Team instead of just saying cocaine, Ed Sheeran is able to encourage audiences to look deeper and think what the lyrics actually mean. Also not saying cocaine is masking the true seriousness of the situation resulting in youths being able to comprehend the issue. He also uses phases which can be related to everyone especially the line “the best things in life come free to us”. The line is something easily associated with lots of youths as issues like bullying, depression and cancer are awful things to happen to people but are all free. Due to this phase being relatable to so many different people it makes it an exceptional song at touching youths. Imagery is another poetic device used in Ed Sheeran’s “The A Team”. The line “Angels to fly” is repeated throughout the song and paints a mental imagine inside the audiences head. When listening to this line,
The first and second line of the song highlight her drug addiction and severity of the tone of the song with the words “White lips, pale face” and “breathing in snowflakes” establishing that she is unwell and doesn’t see the sun much. By including this the audience is able to establish that there is something wrong as this usually symbolises illness. Also the word snowflakes is used as a metaphor for cocaine and allows the audience to understand her drug addiction without it being explicitly said. The 6th Stanza also highlights her means of income, “Long nights, strange men” which indirectly states that prostitution provides her with funds to afford cocaine. The Chorus specifically uses poetic devices to highlight the meaning of the song. In the second line of the chorus he sings “She’s in the class A team”. He uses Class A Team as a reference to her abuse of cocaine as cocaine is a Class A drug. By using the term Class A Team instead of just saying cocaine, Ed Sheeran is able to encourage audiences to look deeper and think what the lyrics actually mean. Also not saying cocaine is masking the true seriousness of the situation resulting in youths being able to comprehend the issue. He also uses phases which can be related to everyone especially the line “the best things in life come free to us”. The line is something easily associated with lots of youths as issues like bullying, depression and cancer are awful things to happen to people but are all free. Due to this phase being relatable to so many different people it makes it an exceptional song at touching youths. Imagery is another poetic device used in Ed Sheeran’s “The A Team”. The line “Angels to fly” is repeated throughout the song and paints a mental imagine inside the audiences head. When listening to this line,