Representation and language task
I chose the song ‘Thinking out loud’ by Ed Sheeran, I
believe he has the ability to bring so much emotion into his work and this is
why his music stands out over other musicians. It is also known that he writes
most of his own songs with little input from other people.
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I’m thinking out loud
These lines in the verse stood out to me the most as I believe
they are directly address the audience because of the amount of feelings that
are portrayed here. I think he wanted the audience to this is and relate it to
him and how he would treat a lady. He creates a romantic impression of himself
by talking about how he would show he loved someone and telling them this in
great detail and not be afraid to show
them off to other people.
He personifies someone’s arm to be loving, this creates an
impact on the audience as it seems that he loves every part of the woman in
question and conveys how he feels while present in her arms; he would feel
content and loved. The lexical field is clear though out the song but it is
evident more so in the text I chose; the words kiss, loving, light and heart
all convey the connotations of being love or being in love with somebody, this
is used to make the audience again see the caring loving man he is, and that he
has a massive heart. He exaggerates that he wold liked to be kissed ‘under the
light of a thousand stars’ however there is billions of stars in the sky but
the romance he tries to imply here is huge, it’s something that often takes
centre stage in a movie and therefore will be in a women’s book of dreams, so
here is he implying that he would make the dream of being kissed under the
light of stars come true.
