CHAPTER 12

SONGS

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What’s on this chapter?
Song
elements
Grammar
Focus

Cultural
Awareness
 Title

Lyrics

Theme
A song consists of:

Expression of particular
feeling

Moral lessons
Examples of songs Examples of feeling
theme: within songs:

•Peace •Lonely
•Environmental care •Hopeful
•Friendship •Remorse
•Family •Faithful
•Patriotism •Brave
•Parental love •Optimist
•Love
•Protest
 Grammar Focus
• Some songs show expression of feeling
through the lyrics, here are some example:
Title/Singer Lyrics Expression
Tears in Heaven / I must be strong and carry on Expressing sadness
Eric Clapton Cause I know I don’t belong,
here in heaven

Jailbreak / ACDC All in the name of Liberty, just Expressing freedom

set me free

Give peace a All we are saying, is to give Expressing hope

chance/ John peace a chance
Lennon
 Moral Lesson
• Moral lessons of a song contain the
important messages from the lyrics
writer (or the singer) to the people who
listen to the songs
• A song may has more than one moral
lessons
• The moral songs are interpreted based
on the freedom of the listeners