Analyzing

songs
using SIFT
Method
 Last time we had our discussion about SIFT Method, its
definition and importance and also its application in the poem,
“The Star”.
This time this module will be a fresh start for you to analyze
nursery rhymes and songs on your own or as a group.
Inside this module, I will still include the important parts on
your module 7, to serve as your basis in answering this
module 8. I know this will be hard, but I am rest assured that
all of my students are good enough to handle such things.
 Symbol
-practice of representing
things by means of
objects or deep
meanings.
 Imagery
-Adjective
-Use our five senses
 Figurative
Language
-involves simile, metaphor,
personification, hyperbole
and onomatopoeia
 Theme
-the subject, main
point or main idea
Why is SIFT method
important in
analyzing poems
and songs?
-because it helps us
determine the deeper
meaning of the poem
or song.
 Analyzing a
song using
SIFT Method
Twinkle, Twinkle
Little Star
 It was written and
published in the year
1806
Figurative
Language
 Simile
“ Like a diamond in the
sky.”
Personification
“When he nothing
shines upon.”
Personification
“For you never shut
your eye.”
Imagery
 little, blazing, tiny,
dark blue and bright.
Symbol
 Star – God
Sky – Heaven
Sun- Faith
Light- Hope
 Traveler- people
Dark- Problem
Spark- Help
Curtains peep- life
Lights- Guides
Theme
 The theme is about our
life and our faithfulness
and firmness in times of
trouble and distress.
Activity 1
Analyze the song Row,
Row, Row Your Boat
 "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is credited to
Eliphalet Oram Lyte, who is cited as
its composer in the 1881 New York publication
 Lyrics

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream
 What is/are the
Figurative
Language in this nursery
rhyme?
Put your answers here
What is/are the Imagery
in this nursery rhyme?
Put your answers here
What is/are the Symbol
in this nursery rhyme?
Put your answers here
What is the Theme of
this nursery rhyme?
Put your answers here
I understand
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