Song Analysis: It's Quiet Uptown

“It’s Quiet Uptown” used imagery when it states “His hair has gone grey. He passes every day. They say he walks the length of the city.” The loss of color from his hair uses a very describes a change in a physical trait to reflect the gloom and melancholy he experiences due to his son’s death. It also is symbolic for the destruction the young innocent and represents how Hamilton’s painful experience leads to his coming of age and entrance to the world of maturity. Also, in the song when it mentions his passing by everyday it illustrates how he sullenly walks by because the grief has consumed him. Finally, when it mention “he walks the length of the city” it show how the overwhelming dismal feelings Hamilton has as well as how he spends more
time alone trying to handle his anguished from the loss of his son and so he can mourn.