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Love and Loss Module:
Alternative Collaboration Project
Let’s Write Lyrics!
Presented by:
Mrs. Hogan
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Agenda
• Review meaning of extended metaphor
• Listen to 2 samples of popular songs
▫ Stereo Hearts
▫ Bluebird
• Reflect upon song lyrics
• Discuss the Love & Loss Collaboration Project
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Metaphor vs. Extended Metaphor
met·a·phor [met-uh-fawr, -fer]
noun1.a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it’s
not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.
Example: “A mighty fortress is our God”
extended metaphor
noun1.a metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a
literary work, especially a poem:
Robert Frost uses two roads as an extended metaphor in “The Road Not Taken”
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Adam Levine &
Gym Class Heroes
Stereo Hearts
“My heart’s a stereo it only beats for you.”
Gym Class Heroes
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Adam Levine, Maroon 5
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Sara Barielles
Bluebird
www.poptower.com
“And so here we go bluebird, Back to the sky on your
own. Oh let him go bluebird, Ready to fly,
You and I, Here we go.”
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Let’s Practice
Instructions: Click for song lyric then click again for answer.
• “If I was an old school 50 pound boom box,
Would you hold me on your shoulder wherever you walk?”
▫ Metaphor
• “Word came through in a letter,
One of us changing our minds.”
▫ Not a Metaphor
• “This pair of wings worn and rusted,
From too many years by my side”
▫ Metaphor
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• “Appreciate every mix tape your friends make,
You never know we come and go like we're goin on the
interstate”
▫ Metaphor
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Love and Loss: Collaboration
• You and a Partner will become a songwriting
duo
• Write the first verse and catchy chorus that uses
an extended metaphor
• Remember to title your song
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Remember to be creative in your
expression of our theme:
Love and Loss
Please email me EGeiserHogan@orange.flvs.net
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