SANDR

A
BY: BARRY MANILOW

Report by:
Celero, Patricia Honey, O.
Lim, Noel, C.
Trinidad, Ronal Kaizer, Z.

EXPLANATION
OF THE SONG

She was doing the dishes

When a glass fell and broke on the
tile
And she cut her wrist (quite by
mistake)

This implied that Sandra was doing

the dishes when the glass broke
and she was accidentally cut with
it. It gave her an idea to commit
suicide and escaped her
responsibilities as a Mother and a
Wife.

It was real touch and go for

a while
This line implied that Sandra successfully
killed herself and escaped her
responsibilities but What will be the result or
effect on it to her husband and especially to
her kids?. Even though shes gone she will
always be or still remains as a Mother and a
Wife to her family.
For a while she escaped her responsibilities
but How she will face her love ones, if one
day she got a chance to see them, what she
will say?.

ELEMENTS
OF
POETRY

SENSE OF THE
POEM

Denotation
Vs
Connotation
word:

MOTHER

Denotation- a

woman in relation
to a child or
children to whom
she has given
birth.

Connotation-

she is a
woman that care,
understand and love her
children and her husband.
The woman that is the
light of a family who
unselfishly give everything
just for the sake of her
family.

Imagery
Because the song appeals to
the sensory or five (5) senses
of the audiences such as the
sense of hearing (the music
component) and the sight
(the arrangement of the
lyrics), this also called the
Senses of the Mind which
attract the listener or make

There is no
symbolism or
figurative
language used.

SOUND OF A
POEM

Rhythm
is the pattern of beats created by
the arrangement of stressed and
unstressed syllables, which gives
musical quality and adds emphasis
to certain words and thus helps
convey the meaning of the poem.
The effect is derived from the
sounds employed, the varying
pitches, stresses, volumes and
durations.

Explanation:
The songs musical
components and lyrics are
well organized so that the
listener will feel and
appreciate what the
composer and also the
singer wants to express.

STRUCTURE OF
A POEM

Word and Its order

is the grouping and
choosing of words in
verses where often, poets
arrange them in the
unnatural order to achieve
an effect.

Explanation:
The words chosen in the
song uses real life situation
and scenarios but made the
listener think deeper into the
meaning of each phrase.
This makes the listener
relate the song in their own
experiences in life.

TYPE OF
POEM

Lyric Poem
is descriptive or expository in
nature where the poet is
concerned mainly with
presenting a scene in words,
conveying sensory richness of
his subject, or the revelation of
ideas and emotions.

THEME

One should be
ready in entering
a marriage life so
that you will not
feel the regret in
the end.

is to think
twice before
making any
decision.

Second to the pure

love of God is a
Mothers love and for
a wife to survive the
hardships in life she
needs attention,
respect and love.