My Music ProjectNina Dang

The only project where you are forced to listen to the music I like.

Simile: Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)- UMO

I wish I could swim and sleep like a shark does

I’d fall to the bottom and I’d hide till the end of time

Simile: Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)- UMO

• Sharks “sleep swim” so that they can stay aliveo Sharks need to keep water moving over their gills to

get oxygen

• The singer wants to be left alone and be at peace

Metaphor: Blue Jeans- Lana del Rey

You were sorta punk rock, I grew up on hip hop

But you fit me better than my favourite sweater

Metaphor: Blue Jeans- Lana del Rey

• She is using those two different genres of music to show how different they were

Alliteration: Brick by Boring Brick- Paramore

Well make sure to build your house brick by boring brick

Or the wolf's gonna blow it down

Alliteration: Brick by Boring Brick- Paramore

• Referencing to the Three Little Pigs

• Telling the person to toughen up or society is going to tear her down

Hyperbole: A Thousand Years- Christina Perri

Darling don't be afraid I have loved you

For a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

Hyperbole: A Thousand Years- Christina Perri

• She has loved him for a long time

• She wants to be with him forever

Onomatopoeia: Bang Bang- Nancy Sinatra

He shot me down

Bang bang

I hit the ground

Bang bang

That awful sound

Bang bang

My baby shot me down

Onomatopoeia: Bang Bang- Nancy Sinatra

• The bang bang is supposed to be the sound of a gun

• She is referring that her lover has broken her heart

Imagery: The Ballad of a Politician- Regina Spektor

A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men

This is how it happens

Our world under command

Imagery: The Ballad of a Politician- Regina Spektor

• She is describing what is going on in the room