Analyzing The Art
1 – DETERMINE THE SUBJECT OF THE POEM
This song is about how no one in this world is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes and that is ok because we are all human. This is a social and psychological phenomenon.
2 – IDENTIFY THE POEM’S NARRATOR
The narrator is Hannah Montana and she is singing towards the audience and her fans. She wants everyone to know that they might not be perfect but that doesn’t make them a bad person.
3 – NOTE THE DICTION (WORD CHOICE) OF THE POINT
In the phrase, “stuck in quick sand” she is not actually stuck in quick sand but she is trying to emphasize that sometimes she feels stuck in situations.
4 – DETERMINE THE TONE OF THE POEM
This poem is very upbeat and encouraging. In the song title “Nobody’s Perfect” it explains that you can’t always get things right. Everyone in this world has made a mistake and just because you did doesn’t mean you should give up.
5 – DETERMINE THE RHYTHMICAL DEVICES USED BY THE POET
In this song there is a lot of end rhyme (aabbcc etc.) Also, the average amount of syllables is about 6.
6 – NOTE THE USE OF OTHER LITERARY DEVICES
The phrase “I’m patchin’ up the holes
But then it overflows” the singer uses a metaphor to explain that even when she tries to fix things she still gets overwhelmed sometimes.
The title “Nobody’s Perfect” really fits the song because it talks about mistakes and not giving up.
7 – DETERMINE THE VALUES OF THE POEM
The song does a very good job of telling the story about how she makes mistakes. I know as the reader, I have made many mistakes in the past and that it’s ok. It is reassuring me that i can recover from my mistakes and do better next time.
Lyrics:
“Nobody’s Perfect”
Everybody makes mistakes… Everybody has those days… Everybody knows what what I’m talkin’ ’bout… Everybody gets that way… [x2]Sometimes I’m in a jam
I’ve gotta make a plan
It might be crazy
I do it anyway
No way to know for sure
I’ll figure out a cure
I’m patchin’ up the holes
But then it overflows
If I’m not doin’ to well
Why be so hard on my self?[Chorus]
Nobody’s Perfect!
I gotta work it!
Again and again ’til I get it right
Nobody’s Perfect!
You live and you learn it!
And if I mess it up sometimes…
Nobody’s perfectSometimes I work a scheme
But then it flips on me
Doesn’t turn out how I planned
get stuck in quick sand
No problem, can be solved
Once I get involved
I try to be delicate
Then crash right into it
My intentions are good
Sometimes just misunderstood
[Chorus]
Nobody’s perfect!
I gotta work it!
I know in time I’ll find a way
Nobody’s perfect!
Sometimes I fix things up
And they fall apart again
Nobody’s perfect
I might mix things up
But I always get it right in the end
[Talking]
Next time you feel like… it’s just one of those days…
when you just can’t seem to win
If things don’t turn out the way you plan,
FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE OUT!
Don’t stay down! Try again! YEAH!
[Singing (x2)]
Everybody makes mistakes…..
everybody has those days…..
everybody knows what, what I’m talkin’ ’bout…….
everybody gets that way
Nobody’s Perfect!
I gotta work it!
Again and again ’til I get it right!
Nobody’s Perfect!
Ya live and ya learn it!
And if I mess it up sometimes…
Nobody’s Perfect!
I gotta work it!
I know in time I’ll find a way
Nobody’s Perfect.
Ya live and ya learn it!
‘Cause everybody makes mistakes
Nobody’s Perfect!
Nobody’s Perfect! No no! Nobody’s Perfect!