When people have a bad or disappointing day, do they lack self-confidence? It does not matter who someone is, people should always look on the bright side and carry an encouraging attitude no matter the situation that lays ahead. Through the country song “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive” by Travis Tritt, he understands people may have non-successful days, but looking at what he personally has in life, he is thankful and knows the joyful days are yet to come. The poem “I, Too” by author Langston Hughes, illustrates how discrimination is more than difficult, but having confidence in oneself and the people around will get through the hard times. In the song “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive” and the poem “I, Too”, both have the message of having confidence in life. While the reasons of having confidence and success is …show more content…
Tritt sang “I think I’ll make me some homemade soup… I’m feelin’ pretty good and that’s the truth…I know the sun’s still shinin’” In the three different examples, alliteration was showing the style the songwriter wanted to express in trying to find a bright side of a situation. The beginning of words with the same sound is alliteration such as make me, that’s the, and sun’s still in this case.
Also through the song “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive” a hyperbole statement was used to place emphases to show the meaning for the rest of the song. Tritt said in different occasions “I’m just doin’ alright”. In this example, this hyperbole was sang at the end of every stanza except the chorus. These words were meant to place emphases to the song as it applied with the overall theme and thesis. The songwriter used this line consistently which lead to the chorus and that explained the confidence of the song, meaning this overstatement had a great deal to do with the true story of this