Representation and language task

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.