The Show Must Go On Rhyme Scheme
Queen The Show Must Go On
Today’s main point of poetry is music. One example of poetry in music is “The Show Must Go On” by Queen. In this song we can find poetic elements like the following: a couplet, simile, and a thematic statement.
This song contains a couplet; a couplet is a pair of successive lines endings must rhyme with one another. “ Another hero, another mindless crime. Behind the curtain, in the pantomime.” We can find this quote in the song. Crime and Pantomime endings rhyme and they are a pair of successive lines.
We can also find a simile. A simile is two unlike things being compared using “like” or “as”. In the quote, “ My soul is painted like the wings of a butterflies.” we can find a simile. Soul is being compared to wings
using ’like” therefore is a simile.
Lastly this song has a thematic statement. A thematic statement is a complete sentence that expresses a theme.“ I have to find the will to carry on, on with the show,...The show must go on”, by this quote the writer viewed “the show” as life, the whole meaning of the lyrics referred to Queen’s dying friend. Life will go on even though you won’t make the best of it, and smile through it. This thematic statement describes the whole meaning of the song.
By this song and many others you can see that music today has poetry. In “The Show Must Go on” we can find a couplet, simile, and a thematic statement.
Today’s main point of poetry is music. One example of poetry in music is “The Show Must Go On” by Queen. In this song we can find poetic elements like the following: a couplet, simile, and a thematic statement.
This song contains a couplet; a couplet is a pair of successive lines endings must rhyme with one another. “ Another hero, another mindless crime. Behind the curtain, in the pantomime.” We can find this quote in the song. Crime and Pantomime endings rhyme and they are a pair of successive lines.
We can also find a simile. A simile is two unlike things being compared using “like” or “as”. In the quote, “ My soul is painted like the wings of a butterflies.” we can find a simile. Soul is being compared to wings
using ’like” therefore is a simile.
Lastly this song has a thematic statement. A thematic statement is a complete sentence that expresses a theme.“ I have to find the will to carry on, on with the show,...The show must go on”, by this quote the writer viewed “the show” as life, the whole meaning of the lyrics referred to Queen’s dying friend. Life will go on even though you won’t make the best of it, and smile through it. This thematic statement describes the whole meaning of the song.
By this song and many others you can see that music today has poetry. In “The Show Must Go on” we can find a couplet, simile, and a thematic statement.