*For the first time in forever.* by. Kristen Bell
“For the first time in forever.” by. Kristen Bell
Jang, Angelia
Ms. Galloway
English
March 2014
Summary
The song is about the first time to meet many people in a castle. So that shows how they feeling. The conflict of this song is meeting new people. The speaker is happy about it, but other speaker is worried about it.
Speaker
In this song, there are two speaker. They are character and they are 1 st person.
First speaker use high tone which makes happy mood. Other speaker use lower tone, it makes sad mood.
Musicality
First speaker use upbeat and high tone combined with flute, violin, piano. It makes a happy tone. In other speaker’s part the instruments are dynamic and they play in lower tone, it makes more sad and mature mood. All of these things help to make song’s mood.
Theme
This song is about how meeting new people can be sad, happy, and worried. For evidence of the theme, speakers are say
“Finally they’re opening up the gates.”
“Wow am I so ready for this change.”
“Don’t let them in, don’t let them see.” I know this is the evidence of theme because of word meaning.
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Example: “who knew we owned eight thousand salad plates” (3)
Explanation: they don’t really have eight thousand salad plates but she is saying that there are many salad plates.
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Example: “for the first time in forever there’ll be music, there’ll be light.” (9-10)
Explanation: she is trying to say they finally have music and bright light on for the first time in a long time.
Figurative Language
Metaphor
Example: “the picture of sophisticated grace.” (22)
Explanation: she is saying that she will looks beautiful and she’s saying that she is a picture.
Sound Devices
Rhyme
Example: “there’ll be music, there’ll be light” (11) and “I’ll be dancing through the night.” (13)
Sound Devices
Alliteration
Example: “for the first time in forever.”
(12)
Personal Connection
This was the first song that came up on the search engine. The realistic lyrics attracted me to this song and it also attracted me by the feeling that I felt like emotional happiness and the word that describe my feelings. I can personally relate to the song because I have felt what the speakers feel when I transfer to school.
Works Cited
Bell, Kristen. “For The First Time In
Forever.” Frozen. Walt Disney, 2013.
