Girl On Fire Poem

1. State what the poem [song] is about. The song is about a woman who is exhausted of being the person who cleans and does the housework and is in a lonely environment where no one understands her situation. She felt very lonely but then she learned to love herself and be comfortable with who she is. After learning to love herself, she could say that she is the strongest woman alive. I think all women should feel beautiful and strong no matter what they go through because those difficult situations are only making them stronger.

2. What is the emotion of the poem [song}? The tone of the song is very encouraging. Alicia Keys is a very strong woman. For that reason, she wants to encourage women who dealt or are dealing with a tough situation to allow themselves the freedom to

Listen to the sounds of the poem [song] “Girl on Fire” has a rhyme scheme of abab and abca and the words are very encouraging and motivating. “Girl on Fire” is constantly repeated to remind the audience of the theme of the song. Alicia Keys uses alliteration through constantly repeating “She” and “she’s”, creating extra emphasis on “s” sounds. The poem has an interesting rhythm.Some of the rhyme schemes are “flame”, “name” and “way” along with “girl” and “the world”.The line “let it burn baby, burn baby” has four words with the constant sound of “b”. The repeated use of the same sound is used to emphasize the idea that the girl is similar to a fire and provides a pleasing

Theme:The overall theme of “Girl on Fire” is strength because the poem teaches one that women need strength in themselves even if they’re lonely. “Keep trying” is the key word. Alicia Keys uses powerful ways to describe the girl struggling, such as “She’s on fire”. But throughout the poem, she gets stronger, and her enemies get weaker through preservation. At the end of the verse, the meaning of “She’s on fire” changes from her being in a low place to being on top of the world and being “on fire” with