Comparing Car Radio 'And Acquainted With The Night'

Songs are exactly like poetry, maybe even a little better (Griggs, Does poetry still matter?). The song “Car Radio” by Twenty One Pilots is more poetic and artistic than the poem “Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost because of the use of repetition, rhyme and symbolism. Though there are many differences between the song and the poem, the theme and SOAPSTone elements are similar in a lot of ways. In the song, Tyler is explaining his experience with depression. By him saying “he lost his car radio” , he’s talking about the music that helps him through the rough times. He has lost his outlet and now is left alone with his thoughts. Similarly, the poem is about a lonely guy who is also experiencing depression. He compares it to being “acquainted with the night.” He’s saying that he’s lonely and he’s isolating himself because of the depression. The subject of the song deals with depression mostly because Tyler’s mind is going crazy with bad thoughts. The car radio is stolen and he’s in silence, which silence can bring about sadness and overthinking. In the same way, the poem’s subject is about the same topics, depression, loneliness and isolation. The narrator has never found any comfort in his depression. He is unwilling to express his feelings because he feels as if no one
So what happened to make these people write these pieces? Tyler wrote this piece because his car radio was literally stolen in college, so he decided to write about what you feel in silence. He even said himself, “the song documents where you let your mind go when you don’t have a distraction to keep it in its box” (songmeanings.com). Frost wrote his poem because he was a person that dealt with depression. This poem in particular, though, is a lot about isolation and the battle of the depression itself. He doesn’t want to express himself and he thinks no one is waiting for him. His sadness is never