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Analyzing the Meaning of the Lyrics of the Song Titled 'Let it Go'

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Background

Elsa sings this song when she is alone in a snowy mountain. She has a unique ability that is also considered dangerous, namely controlling or creating ice at will. After hiding this from society for so long, she accidentally 'revealed' her disgrace in public on one occasion.

This frightened the eyewitnesses, some even accused her of being a dangerous witch. Bursting with guilt, shame, and fear, Elsa then ran away and isolated herself in a place far from society. It was at that moment that Elsa finally sang 'Let It Go' to vent about the mixed feelings inside her.

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This song sung by Idina Menzel can be popular no doubt because of the success achieved by the film FROZEN. As a Broadway actress and singer, Indina Menzel's voice is excellent. This three-minute song is indeed very easy to listen to and catchy. This is why people love it.

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Does the Song 'Let it Go' Have the Impression of Being Related to Human Life in the Real World?

The answer is yes. ‘Let it Go’ is not sung solely as a soundtrack for the film FROZEN, but is also a story from Elsa (as explained earlier). In the song Let it go, there are two simple but important messages conveyed through the song, namely: We must be able to be ourselves and express ourselves freely.

let it go, let it go!

Can't hold it back any more.

let it go, let it go!

Turn away and slam the door.

I don't care what they're going to say.

Let the storm rage on.

The cold never bothered me anyway.

In the chorus, Elsa finally decides to let go of all her secrets, burdens and worries by being herself. She no longer cares about the views of other people who already know her 'disgrace'.

The lyric fragment of Let the storm rage on itself explains that Elsa is not afraid or anymore with people's anger or hatred towards her. She then added that she was used to feeling cold to live alone, which was expressed in the passage The cold never bothered me anyway.

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It's funny how some distance,

makes everything seem small.

And the fears that once controlled me, can't get to me at all

It's time to see what I can do,

to test the limits and break through.

No right, no wrong, no rules for me.

I'm free!

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Conclusion

The earlier lyrical pieces may be viewed by some as a defiant or rebellious stance. But as humans, we do have the right to say what's on our minds, and what we want. Although sometimes we do have to break the boundaries of normal rules. Even though other people may look bad and don't like what we do, we must still live according to what we want.

Analyzing the Language Features of the Song 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen

1. Hyperbole

Is this the real life?

Is this just fantasy?

The two lines imply hyperbolic expression in which the speaker is asking himself

whether his existence is real or just fantasy, The fact is that certainly the speaker is still alive since he is still able to ask the question and because he is alive then his life is real.

Caught in a landslide,

No escape from reality

The line contains hyperbole because there is exaggeration in the meaning of the sentence ‘no escape from reality’. The fact is that there is no way a person cannot escape from reality.

Mamaaa, life had just begun,

But now I've gone and thrown it all away

Hyperbole is used in the sentence ‘I’ve gone and thrown it all away’ instead of saying that the speaker has ruined his life, the speaker prefers to exaggerate it by saying thrown it all.

I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me

The sentence ‘nobody loves me’ is an exaggeration. The speaker exaggerates the condition that nobody cares about him. The fact is that even though he is poor there has to be someone who still cares.

So you think you can love me and leave me to die

The statement is about an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally. Actually, it is telling the exaggerated matter. Simply stated, leaving a person will not kill the other person. Then, in fact, he will not die because that person leaves him.

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2. Methapor

Caught in a landslide

The singer, Freddie, does not mean that he is literally or clearly caught in a landslide. It, actually, compares two unlike things, ‘caught in a landslide’, which directs to be comparing the ‘landslide’ to many events that happen.

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth

It has no other imprecise figurative language besides declaring it as metaphor. That person

literally, while enunciating that line, cannot face the truth face to face. So, upon the word

and as saying to be asserted, the point of figurative language here reflects to how someone

deals with the problem inside of life.

3. Simile

Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters

The use of ‘as if’ indicates that simile is used as a poetic device. The speaker asks people to carry on their affair just like nothing happened.

4. Personification

Sends shivers down my spine,

It aims to personify. Hereafter, it is about the attribution of a personal nature or

human features to something non-human, or the delegation of an abstract quality in human

form. It has nothing sent shivers down his spine. However, it is just about the feeling he

feels, which thinks how his time has come. The shiver itself does not really go down his

spine.

5. Antithesis

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,

The line implies the idea of contrast by parallel structures of the contrasted meaning of two sentences. The first sentence contains the meaning of being poor which normally need help or at least eager to be helped, but the second sentence indicate the opposite to the common fact that is eagerness to be helped

6. Symbolism

If I'm not back again this time tomorrow,

It tells about the symbolism. Its artistic and poetic motion uses illustrative images and indirect recommendation to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind. It is assumed, he may die and if he does then they will have to move on knowing he will not be with them anymore.

7. Paradox

I don't want to die,

I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.

The speaker said that he didn't want to die anyway. But in the next sentence he said that he actually didn't want to be born if he knew his life would be this ruined. But we know that the cause of his life being ruined was due to his own mistakes which earned him the death penalty.