Writing strong Lyrics. Personification never hurts! Personification is a technique for giving human qualities to non human objects. Example: The smiling moon, a jovial sun, a lonely road, the sad ocean, etc As an example, in the poem”Mirror” by Sylvia Plath, the mirror (referred to by the letter ‘I’ in the first line) is given the ability to speak, see and swallow, as well as other human attributes such as truthfulness and preconception. This makes the words so very ‘poetic’. “I Continue
Songwriting thought of the Day
Is your lyric too long?
- Do you know the appropriate amount of words for a commercial pop lyric?
- Do you know what bearing the tempo of the song has on the amount of lyrics you can use?
- Is your lyric actually a lyric, or is it a poem, a list, or an essay?,,,,
- Did you know the average amount of verses for a pop song at the moment = 2 , whilst the average amount of choruses = 3
- Are you lyrics too 'wordy'?Here's a great article on this subject >>
