"Stand By Me''
Ben E. King
By: Marvelin Santana
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light
we'll see
No I won't be afraid
Oh, I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand,
stand by me
So darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand, stand by me
Stand by me
If the sky that we
look upon
Should tumble
and fall
All the mountains
should crumble
to the sea
I won't cry, I
won't cry
No, I won't shed
a tear
Just as long as
you stand, stand
by me
And darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me
Stand by me
So darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by
me
Whenever you're in trouble won't you
stand by me
Oh stand by me, oh won't you stand
now, stand
Stand by me
Why I chose this song?
• I chose this song because of the
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meaning behind it.
Old song
I first heard it from a singer named
Prince Royce
Over 400 versions of this song
Ben E. King is mostly known for this
song
The Speaker Of The Song
• It's a man
• The repetition of "darling,
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darling"
It's a man that is in a
relationship and the girl
always ends up going away
and not having his back
IMAGERY
DEFINITION-visually descriptive or figurative
language, esp. in a literary work
"When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see"
"If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
All the mountains should crumble to the sea"
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Repetition
DEFINITION-the action of repeating something
that has already been said or written
"Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me
Stand by me"
Saying Have my back
Always stay with
REMINDER
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Figurative language
DEFINITION-Literal and figurative language is a
distinction in traditional systems for
analyzing language.
"If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
All the mountains should crumble to the sea"
** It's not literal
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It's not really going to happen
My Interpretation
The song is about a boy telling his girl
please don't leave always have my
back. He wants her to support him
with everything that he does. He
knows that there is a lot of ups and
downs in the relationship but he
knows they can get through it .The
theme of the song is never leave a
situation just because it is to hard.
Citations
https://www.virtualyarns.com/store/bainin/bainin-schiehallion/
http://missredpolkadots.blogspot.com/2011/01/its-been-ages-since-i-everwrote-any.html
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Ben+E.+King+&l=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregoryjordan/3482171164/sizes/l/in/photostream/
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/beneking/standbyme.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_E._King
https://www.google.com/search?q=couple+standing+side+by+side&oe=utf8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-