Songs (Henley)

KEY: bold= use of literary technique

1. Simile

// Invictus // by William Henley

Out of the night that covers me,


 * Black as the Pit from pole to pole, **

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of change

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll.

I am the mater of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul.

//Red// by Taylor Swift Faster than the wind Passionate as sin, ended so suddenly
 * Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street**

Once you're already flying through the free fall So bright just before they lose it all
 * Loving him is like trying to change your mind**
 * Like the colors in autumn**

Missing him was dark grey all alone But loving him was red Loving him was red
 * Losing him was blue like I'd never known**
 * Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you've never met**


 * Touching him is like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you**
 * Memorizing him was as easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite song**
 * Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer**
 * Regretting him was like wishing you never found out love could be that strong**

Missing him was dark grey all alone But loving him was red Oh red burning red
 * Losing him was blue like I'd never known**
 * Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you've never met**

Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes Tell myself it's time now, gotta let go But moving on from him is impossible When I still see it all in my head

Burning red Darling, it was red

Missing him was dark grey all alone Cause loving him was red yeah yeah red We're burning red
 * Oh, losing him was blue like I'd never known**
 * Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you've never met**

And that's why he's spinning round in my head Comes back to me burning red


 * Cause love was like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street**

2. Personification

// There's a Regret //by William Henley

Do you not know it yet?
 * There’s a regret **
 * So grinding, so immitigably sad, **
 * Remorse thereby feels tolerant, even glad... **

Till there seems naught so despicable as you
 * For deeds undone **
 * Rnakle and snarl and hunger for their due, **
 * In all the grin o’ the sun. **

Like an old shoe
 * The sea spurns and the land abhors, you lie **
 * About the beach of Time, till by and by **
 * Death, that derides you too -- **

Death, as he goes His ragman’s round, espies you, where you stray, With half-an-eye, and kicks you out of his way And then -- and then, who knows

Turns on you, and you feel the convict Worm, In that black bridewell working out his term, Hanker and grope and crave?
 * But the kind Grave **

“Poor fool that might -- That might, yet would not, dared not, let this be, Think of it, here and thus made over to me In the implacable night!”

And writhing, fain And like a triumphing lover, he shall take, His fill where no high memory lives to make His obscene victory vain.

//Autumn Leaves// by Ed Sheeran Another day, another life Passes by just like mine It's not complicated

Another mind Another soul Another body to grow old It's not complicated

Hush now Close your eyes before the sleep And you're miles away And yesterday you were here with me
 * Do you ever wonder if the stars shine out for you?**
 * Float down**
 * Like autumn leaves**

Another tear Another cry Another place for us to die It's not complicated

Another life that's gone to waste It's complicated
 * Another light lost from your face**

Hush now Close your eyes before the sleep And you're miles away And yesterday you were here with me
 * Is it that it's over or do birds still sing for you?**
 * Float down**
 * Like autumn leaves**

Oh how I miss you My symphony played the song that carried you out Oh how I miss you

And I miss you and I wish you'd stay

Hush now Close your eyes before the sleep And you're miles away And yesterday you were here with me
 * Do you ever wonder if the stars shine out for you?**
 * Float down**
 * Like autumn leaves**

Touch down Like a seven four seven Stay out and we'll live forever now

3. Imagery

// I Am The Reaper // by William Henley

I am the Reaper. All things with heedful hook Silent I gather. Reaping, still reaping- All things with heedful hook Timely I gather.
 * Pale roses touched with the spring, **
 * Tall corn in summer, **
 * Fruits rich with autumn, and frail winter blossoms- **

I am the Sower. All the unbodied life Runs through my seed-sheet. Fall through my hands, ever changing, still changeless. Ceaselessly sowing, Life, incorruptible life, Flows from my seed-sheet.
 * Atom with atom wed, **
 * Each quickening the other, **

Maker and breaker, Here and Hereafter, Sped through the tangle and coil Of infinite nature, Viewless and soundless I fashion all being. Taker and giver, I am the womb and the grave, The Now and the Ever.
 * I am the ebb and the flood, **

Sanctuary by Paradise Fears So go ahead and lie to yourself
 * And pretend that you're a ray of light **
 * When you're a broken candle **

You're keeping time with yourself For you to handle
 * When did it all start moving way too fast **


 * You're short on breath, but heavy on time**
 * You lost the words but you found the rhyme**
 * It's all just poetry now**

The walls are singing Hallelujah amen The walls are singing Hallelujah amen

You know the feeling You've been here before
 * It's so dark in the room**
 * And the ceilings are high**

Don't sell yourself short
 * And it's a broken old pew,**
 * and it's an echoing cry,**

On breath and heavy on time You lost the words but you found the rhyme It's all just poetry now

The walls are singing Hallelujah amen The walls are singing Hallelujah amen

In time you'll find This life's a painting and you're the artist So open your eyes It's never too late to clear your canvas


 * So paint me jealous**
 * Paint me rage**
 * For God's sake paint me anything**
 * Just paint**
 * Your brush awaits**

Hallelujah amen The walls sing you to sleep Hallelujah amen One secret meant to keep you safe tonight I swear that everything will be alright