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Dora Cervantes

Professor Batty

English 102

19 September 2019

Trying To Do it Our Way

Through literature we can find ourselves learning more about poetry, since it is something

that we see more more often than before. Poetry can be found in many places, one of the places

we find poetry more often is in music and lyrics. When we hear a song most of us do not really

pay much attention to the lyrics and the work it takes to be able to come up with poetry. One of

my favorite songs of all time that really shows strength through the lyrics is My Way by Frank

Sinatra. The song My Way by Frank Sinatra shows efforts and strengths through; elegy, Imagery,

and free verse. In many of Sinatra’s work there is a lot of poetry distributed among the different

lyrics, all having different meanings. The meaning behind the lyrics of My Way by Frank Sinatra

is that we need to take life by surprise instead of letting it effect us in a negative way.

Through many years Frank Sinatra did many works, and this is one that took the one of

the top spots. The reason in which this song is one of my favorites is that it is very motivational,

it encourages to do what you desired. In the beginning of the lyricsOne of the verses that stood

out is “I've lived a life that's full I've traveled each and every highway But more, much more than

this I did it my way” (2). This songs has many meanings to it, but the one meaning that stands

out is that we need to put strength into our lives since it does not last forever. In this song of
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Sinatra it is reflecting on his live events to show us that he lived his life to the fullest and that we

should too. In a way the lyrics are like a personal journey through his life. We need to be able to

in the future to look at our past and make sure that this is the life we want to keep.

Since there is a lot of poetry located around the the lyrics, there are different formats in

which they are being shown. Some of the formats that different lyrics are being shown through is

elegy, haiku, free verse, imagery, sonnet, etc. The way in which My Way is being shown is

through imagery. One of the verses in which imagery is well used in the lyrics is, “Yes, there

were times, I'm sure you knew When I bit off more than I could chew But through it all, when

there was doubt I ate it up and spit it out I faced it all and I stood tall And did it my way” (5).

Imagery is well used here because it uses actions as an example to show how he feels. When he

states “I ate it up and spit it out I faced It all”, he tries to show that when he did more work than

he can he would just try his best to take it in and finish the work and be proud of the outcome.

Through his lyrics he is trying to advice us to get the best out of life, and when we can not get

what we want just try to look for the best outcome there is.

For the past decades music is everywhere, in which causes to spread literature, the lyrics

play the main role when trying to to create a top hit song. In this song the lyrics have around the

same tone as the music. When the music tends to be happier and more upbeat than the lyrics it

changes the mood of the song. In this song My Way by Frank Sinatra the meaning behind the

lyrics is that we need to take life by surprise instead of letting it effect us in a negative way.

People may think that since they are just words to a song it won’t mean anything, but in reality it

is the opposite. Through poetry we are able to learn about others to even the meaning of a certain
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thing. This is a form of art that many of the artist are trying to spread across the world, each song

has their own theme and tone that is waiting to be heard and examine.