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Analysis of “Knock You Down”- Keri Hilson
1.Whether you Louboutin it up or Reebokin'
What does this mean?
2. You see the hate, that they're serving on a platter
So what we goin' have, dessert or disaster
This is a metaphor. What 2 things are being compared?
3. Feels like in I'm in a race
But I already won first place
Metaphor or Simile?
What does this mean?
4. Sometimes love comes around
And it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
This is a metaphor (and personification?).
What is Keri Hilson comparing love to?
5. I used to be commander and chief
Of my pimp ship flying high (flying high)
This is a metaphor comparing the speaker to a _____________.
What is the meaning?
6. 'Til I met this pretty little missile that shot me out the sky (oh shot me out the sky)
Another metaphor…. She is a _________ that shot his ship down.
7. She shot the bullet that ended that life
I swear to you the pimp in me just died tonight,
Metaphor and imagery.
Draw a picture of this below or just describe the meaning.
8. Tell me now can you make it past your caspers
Who is Casper?
What does this mean?
9. So we can finally fly off into NASA
What does this mean?
10. So please, don't mess up the trick, hey young world I'm the new slick rick
This is called an allusion. It is when a writer refers to another work of literature, or in
this case, a song. So, who is Slick Rick? (“Hey Young World” is one of his songs)
11. I was flying, now I'm crashing
What could this mean?
12. This is bad, real bad, Michael Jackson
Now I'm mad, real mad, Joe Jackson
You should leave your boyfriend now, I'm a ask him
This is another allusion. Why does Kanye say “…read bad, Michael Jackson”?
Who is Joe Jackson? What is the significance of “…read mad”?