Transcript
By: Brandyn Brewer
Sweet Home Alabama By: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lyrics
Big wheels keep on turning Carry me home to see my kinSinging songs about the Southland I miss Alabama once againAnd I think it's a sin, yesWell, I heard Mr. Young sing about herWell, I heard ol' Neil put her downWell, I hope Neil Young will rememberA Southern man don't need him around anyhowSweet home AlabamaWhere the skies are so blueSweet home AlabamaLord, I'm coming home to you In Birmingham they love the governor, boo boo booNow we all did what we could do Now Watergate does not bother meDoes your conscience bother you? Tell the truth Sweet home Alabama Where the skies are so blue Sweet home Alabama Lord, I'm coming home to you Here I come, Alabaman ah ahAlabama, ah ah ahAlabama, ah ah ah Alabama, ah ah ah Alabama Now Muscle Shoals has got the swampers And they've been known to pick a song or two(Yes, they do!) Lord, they get me off so much They pick me up when I'm feeling blue, now how about you? Sweet home Alabama Where the skies are so blueSweet home Alabama Lord, I'm coming home to you Sweet home Alabama, oh, sweet home baby Where the skies are so blue and the governor's true Sweet home Alabama, Lordy Lord, I'm coming home to you, yeah yeah Montgomery's got the answer
Musical Devices
End Rhyme
Repetition
Alliteration
Slant Rhyme
Assonance
End Rhyme
Does your conscience bother you? Tell the truth Sweet home Alabama Where the skies are so blue.
The end of these sentences rhyme with you and blue
Repetition
Sweet Home Alabama
This is repeated in the song 5 to 6 times
Alliteration
ah ah ah Alabama
They all start with they same letter
Slant Rhyme
I think it's a sin, yes Well, I heard Mr. Young sing
Sin and Sing rhyme together but both don’t end in the same letter
Assonance
I'm coming home to you Here I come
The I is repeated twice in this sentence
Figurative Language
Simile
Personification
Idiom
Simile
Now Muscle Shoals has got the swappers
Muscle Shoals have swappers is being compared
Personification
I'm feeling blue
It is saying some one is feeling blue
Idiom
I'm feeling blue
He is not actually feeling blue
Imagery
Visual (2)
Touch
Visual
Coming home to you
You can see people coming home to someone
Where the skies are blue
You can see blue skies
Touch
Im feeling blue
You can feel him while he is feeling blue
The End!!
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