Poetry Presentation

By: Cecilia

Ebb by Edna St. Vincent Millay

I know what my heart is like       Since your love died:

It is like a hollow ledge Holding a little pool       Left there by the tide,       A little tepid pool, Drying inward from the edge.

If it Means Alot to You by A Day to Remember

And hey darling I hope you're good tonight And I know you don't feel right when I'm leaving Yeah I want it but no I don't need it Tell me something sweet to get me by 'Cuz I can't come back home till they're singing

La, la la la,la la la 'Til everyone is singing

If you can wait till I get home Then I swear to you That we can make this last (La la la) If you can wait till I get home Then I swear come tomorrow This will all be in the past Well it might be for the best

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And hey sweetie Well I need you here tonight And I know that you don't want to be leaving me Yeah you want it but I can't help it I just feel complete when you're by my side But I know you can't come home 'til they're singing

La, la la la,la la la 'Til everyone is singing La, la la la,la la la

If you can wait till I get home Then I swear to you That we can make this last (La la la) If you can wait till I get home Then I swear come tomorrow This will all be in the past Well it might be for the best

You know you can't give me what I need And even though you mean so much to me I can't wait through everything Is this really happening

I swear I'll never be happy again And don't you dare say we can just be friends I'm not just some boy you can sway We knew it'd happen evantually

La, la la la,la la la Now everybody's singing La, la la la,la la la

MEANING OF THE POEMTo understand the meaning of the poem “Ebb” by

Edna St. Vincent Millay, you first need to know the what the definition of ebb is. An ebb is a decline or decay or a flowing backward or away such as of a tide as the water returns to the sea. This poem is obviously is about the loss of a love. She is comparing her heart to a hollow ledge that is not moving forward but backward and is drying inward from the edge. Her heart is like an ebb because she is no longer moving forward in life; just decaying. This loss of a love has caused her to become hollow and dry within her.

MEANING OF THE LYRICS

The meaning of the song “If it Means Alot to You by A Day to Remember is basically about a typical relationship. There are three different parts to this song. In the beginning the guy is leaving and they both are in love with each other and explain there feelings to each other; “I just feel complete when you’re by my side”. Then in the middle of the song the distance between them starts to come into play; though the boy still thinks it would be worth it to stay together. By the end of the song, they have broken up with each other and boy can’t comprehend just being friends with her. He is heartbroken.

SIMILAR THEME

THE LOSS OF A LOVE. A BREAKUP.

HEARTACHE.

LITERARY ELEMENTS (poem)

I know what my heart is like       Since your love died:

It is like a hollow ledge Holding a little pool       Left there by the tide,       A little tepid pool, Drying inward from the edge

• Rhyme: died, tide. Ledge, edge. Pool, pool.

• Simile: “like a hollow ledge”

• Tone: sullen. Sadness. Dispair.

• Repetition: pool• Iambic pentameter• Free verse

LITERARY ELEMENTS (for lyrics)And hey darling I hope you're good tonight And I know you don't feel right when I'm leaving Yeah I want it but no I don't need it Tell me something sweet to get me by 'Cuz I can't come back home till they're singing

La, la la la,la la la 'Til everyone is singing

If you can wait till I get home Then I swear to you That we can make this last (La la la) If you can wait till I get home Then I swear come tomorrow This will all be in the past Well it might be for the best

And hey sweetie Well I need you here tonight And I know that you don't want to be leaving me Yeah you want it but I can't help it I just feel complete when you're by my side But I know you can't come home 'til they're singing

La, la la la,la la la 'Til everyone is singing La, la la la,la la la

If you can wait till I get home Then I swear to you That we can make this last (La la la) If you can wait till I get home Then I swear come tomorrow This will all be in the past Well it might be for the best

You know you can't give me what I need And even though you mean so much to me I can't wait through everything Is this really happening

I swear I'll never be happy again And don't you dare say we can just be friends I'm not just some boy you can sway We knew it'd happen evantually

La, la la la,la la la Now everybody's singing La, la la la,la la la

LITERARY ELEMENTS (for lyrics)

• Open form: no pattern• Rhyme: “that we can

make this last; this will all be in the past.

• End rhyme: sway, eventually.

• Assonance: again, friends.

• Repetition: chorus and “la la la”

The End