Songs as Poems 
Songs as Poems
It 's My Life
Bon Jovi
This ain 't a song for the brokenhearted
No silent prayer for the faith departed
And I ain 't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You 're gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud
[Chorus]
It 's my life
It 's now or never
I ain 't gonna live forever
I just wanna live while I 'm alive
(It 's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said, "I did it my way"
I just wanna live while I 'm alive 'Cause it 's my life
This is for the ones who stood their ground
For Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow 's getting harder, make no mistake
Luck ain 't even lucky, gotta make your own breaks
[Repeat Chorus]
You better stand tall
When they 're calling you out
Don 't bend, don 't break
Baby, don 't back down
[Repeat Chorus]
Analysis:
Based from the structure of the song one could already see that it is actually a poem. The song is divided into five unique stanzas with four lines each (5 quatrains). Moreover, it has a rhyme scheme of aabb cddc ffcc gghh ijhg.
The message of this song is what our generation calls today “YOLO – You Only Live Once”. The first two lines of the song “This ain 't a song for the brokenhearted. No silent prayer for the faith departed” means what it says – that this is not a love song nor a prayer but about being yourself as emphasized by the third and fourth line “And I ain 't gonna be just a face in the crowd. You 're gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud.” It means that the persona of the poem does not join the crowd or bandwagon, establishing his own identity. Shouting out loud means standing firm on what you believe and not caring about what other people think which was also pointed out by the last quatrain “You better stand tall. When they 're calling you out. Don 't bend, don 't break. Baby, don 't back down.” Digging deeper into that point, it tells us that we should live our life how we want it without worrying about what other people might say. “Like
It 's My Life
Bon Jovi
This ain 't a song for the brokenhearted
No silent prayer for the faith departed
And I ain 't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You 're gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud
[Chorus]
It 's my life
It 's now or never
I ain 't gonna live forever
I just wanna live while I 'm alive
(It 's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said, "I did it my way"
I just wanna live while I 'm alive 'Cause it 's my life
This is for the ones who stood their ground
For Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow 's getting harder, make no mistake
Luck ain 't even lucky, gotta make your own breaks
[Repeat Chorus]
You better stand tall
When they 're calling you out
Don 't bend, don 't break
Baby, don 't back down
[Repeat Chorus]
Analysis:
Based from the structure of the song one could already see that it is actually a poem. The song is divided into five unique stanzas with four lines each (5 quatrains). Moreover, it has a rhyme scheme of aabb cddc ffcc gghh ijhg.
The message of this song is what our generation calls today “YOLO – You Only Live Once”. The first two lines of the song “This ain 't a song for the brokenhearted. No silent prayer for the faith departed” means what it says – that this is not a love song nor a prayer but about being yourself as emphasized by the third and fourth line “And I ain 't gonna be just a face in the crowd. You 're gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud.” It means that the persona of the poem does not join the crowd or bandwagon, establishing his own identity. Shouting out loud means standing firm on what you believe and not caring about what other people think which was also pointed out by the last quatrain “You better stand tall. When they 're calling you out. Don 't bend, don 't break. Baby, don 't back down.” Digging deeper into that point, it tells us that we should live our life how we want it without worrying about what other people might say. “Like
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