Satire In The Song The Love Club By Lorde
Throughout the song “The Love Club” by Lorde, she manages to expresses a bitter and satirical tone using DIDLES. The song depicts her joining a clique of sorts, in order to achieve freedom. Ironically, by joining this group, the author ends up losing her freedom and severing ties with the people she loves. The writer selects words such as “choking” and “wicked” to emphasize the the regret and contempt associated with her experience. Such words invoke feelings of empathy in the readers, contributing to the author's intended tone of bitterness. The chorus adopts a satirical, mocking tone by stating that joining the club will make life “glow”, when in reality becoming part of this”clique” will make life dull and unbearable. This is considered
mocking because when things glow, they are portrayed as ethereal and enlightening, but in this case Lorde is projecting her bitterness through these lyrics. An example of imagery that the writer uses is when she states “bitter salt of blood”. This piece of imagery enables the audience to imagine the taste and the salty tang it carries and the wording conveys bitterness throughout the line both literally and metaphorically. Lorde adopts an emotional tone in her song, especially near the end when she sings “your clothes are soaked and you don’t know where to go”. These words convey her sorrow and regret through the blatant feeling of being lost that it exudes. She uses short, declarative lines to portray emotion, an example of this is when she says “there’s nothing more that I want, except to be alone”. All of these examples help supply the reader with a tone of bitterness.
mocking because when things glow, they are portrayed as ethereal and enlightening, but in this case Lorde is projecting her bitterness through these lyrics. An example of imagery that the writer uses is when she states “bitter salt of blood”. This piece of imagery enables the audience to imagine the taste and the salty tang it carries and the wording conveys bitterness throughout the line both literally and metaphorically. Lorde adopts an emotional tone in her song, especially near the end when she sings “your clothes are soaked and you don’t know where to go”. These words convey her sorrow and regret through the blatant feeling of being lost that it exudes. She uses short, declarative lines to portray emotion, an example of this is when she says “there’s nothing more that I want, except to be alone”. All of these examples help supply the reader with a tone of bitterness.