By: Ian Jeffrey

Lyrics  Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely people Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice In the church where a wedding has been Lives in a dream Waits at the window, wearing the face That she keeps in a jar by the door Who is it for? All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? Father McKenzie, writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear No one comes near Look at him working, darning his socks In the night when there's nobody there What does he care? Ah Eleanor Rigbywearing the face That she keeps in a jar by the door Father McKenzie

Lyrics  All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely people Eleanor Rigby, died in the church And was buried along with her name Nobody came Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt From his hands as he walks from the grave No one was saved All the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people) Where do they all come from? All the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people) Where do they all belong? All the lonely people Where do they all come from? Ah, look at all the lonely peoplename Nobody came Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt From his hands as he walks from the grave (Ah, look at all the lonely people)

The Meaning of Eleanor Ribgy  Eleanor Rigby was an old lonely, who no one cared about because she had isolated herself from everyone else. She had a fake facial impression pretending that she was happy, when she was actually lonely and depressed. Nobody cared about her death because she lonely, no one came to her funeral. The minister did not care about Eleanor wiping the dirt means getting rid of something and forgetting about it.

Citations  Works Cited  The Beatles Musoguide. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May  Beatles Bible. “Eleanor Rigby.” Rev. of Eleanor RIgby. Beatles Bible. N.p., Web. 15 May

Citations  Britannica. “The Beatles Biography.” Editorial. bio.com. Britannica, Web. 13 May  “Paul McCarntey Biography.” Editorial. bio.com. Britannica, Web. 13 May

Citations  Matthew, NY. “Eleanor Rigby.” Songfacts By The Beatles. Songfacts, n.d. Web. 11 May  Paul McCartney. N.d. pattimurachoir. JPEG file.  Steele, Tommy. Analysis: Eleanor Rigby The Culture Club. Web. 13 May

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Lyric Meaning  She had a fake facial impression pretending that she was happy, when she was actually lonely and depressed.  Back Back

Father Mckenzie  The songwriter, Paul McCartney, was originally going to say ‘Father McCartney’ because it was named after his Father. But he thought it would freak out his Father if he did that, so he looked through a telephone book and replaced it with ‘Father Mckenzie’Paul McCartney  Back Back  Back Back

Onomatopoeia  When they say the phrase “ah, look at all the lonely people” the first word ‘ah’ is not a word, but an onomatopoeia. Which an imitation of sound using a word.  Back Back

Paul McCartney  Born in Liverpol in June 18, 1942, he is a British songwriter, composer, and bass player for the British rock and pop band, The Beatles.  McCartney has 60 gold records and more than 100 million singles, he is the most commercially successful performer and composer in popular music.  Back Back  Back Back

The Beatles  One of the most famous British bands in the world.  Formed in Liverpol, Merseyside in England in the year The first members were John Lennon and Paul McCartney and had 2 other members and then George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The bands music has inspired many and changed lives. They also created many new ways of music with experiments cont…. Back cont….Back  Back Back

The Beatles cont..  And also created the stereo sound, where some sounds would come from the right and the other would come from the left.  The Beatles changed the music world forever and in 1970 the band broke up.  Back Back

Imagery  In this phrase, its showing imagery on what Father McKenzie was doing. It gives specific details, he was wiping the dirt as he walked from the grave, which means someone was being buried.  Back Back  Back Back

Eleanor Rigby  Where did the name come from?  The name Eleanor Rigby came from two different areas. Eleanor came from the actress Eleanor Bron who starred in the film ‘Help’ which was a Beatles movie.  Rigby came from a wine store name called Rigby and Evens Wine and Spirit Shop.  He wanted a name that went well together and Eleanor Rigby just sounded right  Back Back

Lyric Meaning  What he is talking about when he says “ah, look at all the lonely people”, is that he is referring to all the lonely people in the world who no one cares about, just like Eleanor Rigby.  Back Back

Assonance  The phrase “name, Nobody came” is an assonance because it is the repetition of a vowel sound, and came and name have similar vowel sounds.  Back Back

Theme  The theme of these lyrics, is that there are lonely people in the world, and it’s the people of the world to make sure that there are as little lonely people in the world as there can be.  Back Back

Repetition  This lyric is showing repetition because its repeated a few times throughout the song as the chorus and background lyrics of this song.  Back Back