"Moments" By One Direction

Heres a link to the song and lyrics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf6tvcaR37w

The song that I chose to analyze was the song “Moments” by One Direction.  Their friend, Ed Sheeran, who is a singer, also wrote it.  The reason I chose this song to analyze is because I really like the meaning of this song and I wanted to analyze it to see if I could find any hints about the meaning of the song.  The meaning of the song is really sad; it is about a couple and the girl dies and the boy can’t live without her so he commits suicide.  The first couple of times I heard this song, I didn’t know what it was about, but after listening to it so more I knew it was about something sad.  I decided to look online and find out the meaning. 

            After listening to the song a couple of times, looking at the lyrics, and analyzing it, I noticed a lot poetic techniques.  In the chorus there is personification in the second line where it says,

“My love, my heart is breathing for this

Moment in time”.

This is the only sign of personification in the poem and I think they use it to make it seem that the heart is a living thing that has emotion and wants the moments with them together to come back. 

            Another technique used was a simile in the second verse.

“My judgments clouded

Like tonight’s sky.”

This is the only time they use a simile in the song, and I think they use it to show the confusion that the speaker of this song is confused and doesn’t know what to do. 

            The third technique I saw being used is the repetition of the last line in both verses.  In the first and second verse the last line says, “and the tears stream down my face”.  They use this repetition to show the emotion of the speaker.  In the first and second verse they talk about trying to do things to help him get over the pain, or what’s going on in his mind, and nothing can help it so he keeps crying.

            The last technique I noticed was hardly any of the song has any rhyme scheme, except for the bridge of the song.

“Flashing lights in my mind

Going back to the time

Playing games in the street

Kicking balls with my feet

There's a numb in my toes

Standing close to the edge

There's a pile of my clothes

At the end of your bed

As I feel myself fall

Make a joke of it all”

This really stood out to me because most songs have a rhyme scheme and this one didn’t except for the bridge.  I think they did this because it is the most important part of the song, because this is the part where he commits suicide, “As I feel myself fall, make a joke of it all”.  I think the author, Ed Sheeran, did this to make it stand out and tell us what it is about.