Comparison Of I Wanna Be Yours Poem And Song

Wanna be Yours Poem and Song

A lot of times a big hit song usually starts off as a poem and vice versa. When we think of poetry, we think of verses and stanzas. These texts can either be separated or together to form a poem. The same goes for music as well, many songs have separate segments known as the verses and the chorus, and other songs combine those into one section. These combined segments of the song are called stanzas. The difference between a poem and a song is simply that a poem set to music is a song, while a song that does not involve music is a poem. The poem “I

Wanna be Yours’’ by John Cooper Clarke became a hit song sung by the Arctic Monkeys. The poem and song are similar, but different when comparing a poem to a song due to

The narrator echoes on each line what he wants to become for this person that they desire. The tone of the poem is upbeat and positive and is categorized as a love poem. The narrator uses metaphors claiming they want to be like various inanimate objects in order to signify their feelings for the person they are in love with. “I wanna be your vacuum cleaner / breathing in your dust’’(Clarke 1-2) The poem has a sexual tone as well with

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the narrator expressing that they want to breathe in their paramour. This language is quite dated, but of its time. These lines suggest the level of intimacy the narrator desires. “I wanna be your

Ford Cortina / I will never rust”(Clarke 3-4) The mentioning of the Ford Cortina helps to date the poem. The Cortina is a classic seventies car. It also gives the poem a location as the Cortina is a car found in Britain. This line assures that they don't see their feelings fade. “If you like your coffee hot / let me be your coffee pot / you call the shots i wanna be yours’’(Clarke 5-8) The imagery here creates the sense of intimacy of being together as one.The line “you call the shots’’ is the narrator's way of counterbalancing the idea that they might be controlling, which