“Time” Questions
- Why did the song begin with alarm clocks and a “tick-tock” sound?
- Identify examples of alliteration in the song lyrics by circling them.
- Identify examples of internal rhyme by underlining them.
- Identify examples of end rhyme by putting a square around them.
- Look at your definition of metaphor. The writer mentions running and “missing the starting gun” in the song. Use this information to identify the metaphor in the song.
- What effect do all of the literary elements above create?
- What do you think the sun symbolizes?
- A writer chooses words to create tone. These words create an OVERALL mood. A musician chooses notes to create tones. The tones also create an overall mood in a song. Think of a word to describe the tone of the song. Think of a word to describe the mood.
- What could the writer mean when he wrote “The song is over. Thought I’d something more to say?”
- Henry David Thoreau, a very famous American author, wrote, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” How could this quote connect to this song?
