TAKE ME HOME – COUNTRY ROADS Milena Srubar, Johanna Hofer John Denver
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Content John Denver sings about his homeland West Virginia He thinks about the old time in his wonderful village Motive: You can only feel at home in one place
Linguistic analysis Personification „Life is old there,…“ Metaphor „ I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me“ Hyperbole „ Almost heaven, West Virginia“ Simple set-up Adjective style
Formal analysis Strophe 1: three couplet rimes Strophe 2: one couplet rime Strophe 3: two couplet rimes Overall : six strophe, no continuous rime scheme
Context knowledge John Denver Born: 31th of December 1943, New Mexico Died: 12th of October 1997, California The song was established in 1971 „Also who doesn‘t know West Virginia, knows the feeling of homesickness.“ (John Denver)