Saturday, March 21, 2009
"I Can Hear the Bells" analysis
"I Can Hear the Bells" is a song from the musical "Hairspray." In it, the speaker is fantasizing about the boy she is in love with. This boy barely even acknowledges that she exists, but in her mind, they have a long, romantic courtship and she wins his heart. The two end up married and living happily ever after, despite the naysayers. The repetition in this song is epistrophe and it is found in the beginning of the song. The girl sings, "And all because he/Touched me/He looked at me and stared, yes he/Bumped me/My heart was unprepared when he/Tapped me/And knocked me off my feet/One little touch/Now my life's complete 'cause when he/Nudged me/Love put me in a fix, yes it/Hit me/Just like a ton of bricks, yes my/Heart burst." The repetition in this part of the song has several lines ending in "he" or "me." The epistrophe serves to emphasize the relationship she dreams about between herself and the boy.
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