Song Lyrics and Poetry: Student Choice

1. Pick a song that you would like to analyze.

2. Paste the song lyrics into the box below:

Gold-Imagine Dragons
First comes the blessing of all that you've dreamed,
But then comes the curses of diamonds and rings.
Only at first did it have its appeal, but now you can't tell the false from the real.
Who can you trust?
(Who can you trust?)
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, whoa
Ooh, gold, whoa
Ooh, gold, whoa
Ooh, gold, whoa)
Statues and empires are all at your hands,
Water to wine and the finest of sands.
When all that you have's turnin stale and it's cold,
Oh, you'll no longer feel when your heart's turned to gold.
Who can you trust
(Who can you trust)
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, whoa
Ooh, gold, whoa
Ooh, gold, whoa
Ooh, gold, whoa)
I'm dying to feel again,
Oh, anything at all,
But, oh, I feel nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin'
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold

(Ooh, gold, whoa
Ooh, gold, whoa
Ooh, gold, whoa
Ooh, gold, whoa)

3. Highlight 5 examples of figurative language

above.

4. In the box below, explain why each of

those five examples is figurative language.
Use complete sentences.

1st-Alliteration-It uses alliteration because it repeats the first letter each time.
everything, everything, everything
2nd-idiom-It uses idiom because it explains how someone could have
everything as a rich person by using words that hold the meaning but dont mean the
actual meaning of its original meaning. (uses words that arent related to it but means
something to statement)
3rd-Imagery-It uses imagery because you could picture yourself with all these
riches and all these valuable items.
4th-Idiom-It uses idiom because it explains how people who have everything
just empty inside by using words that arent related to it but means something to the
statement.
5th-Idiom-It uses idiom because it explains how a person would want give up
everything to feel something by using words that arent related to it but means
something to the statement.
5. Underline diction in the song that helps you
understand the tone above.

6. Italicize diction in the song above that

helps you understand the mood.

7. In the box to the right, write a short

paragraph describing the tone of the author
and its effect on the readers mood by quoting
(and citing) examples.

The authors tone seems very remorseful or

negative and the effect on readers mood is
the reader has a feeling of emptiness. For
example, But, oh, I feel nothin', nothin',
nothin', nothin.'