Hometown Glory
“Hometown Glory”
Home is a dwelling place where one’s feelings are placed. It is a place where one feels comfortable and happy, but not everyone has the same definition of home. Others may express home in different ways like in a song, like artists who relate their music to personal experiences. Adele’s “Hometown Glory” expresses the definition of home as a country that is united, diverse, and a place to appreciate. This artist uses various literary items in her song to allow listeners to appreciate the piece and leave the song for their own interpretation. The use of her connotation in diction, imagery, metaphors, personification and structure help the listeners interpret the meaning of her piece and what home means to the writer. This song resonates to everyone’s hometown, no matter what the place she is really singing about.
The artist appreciates the “glory” of her hometown and she does not look at it as just a place, but rather for the people that she has met and the memories they have given her. Second line in of the song “Missing out the crack and the pavements”; great use of a metaphor explains how she has lived her life in her hometown ignoring all the bad (cracks in the pavement). Just like anyone’s hometown, it may not be the greatest of places. Every place has its ups and downs and can experience social disasters. Verses 21-23 in her song describe the strength of the people in her hometown. No matter the circumstance, “we are united” (Adele, 23). The way she structured these lines in her song gives a certain tone. The way she sings this verse shows the audience that her hometown is strong.
Adele points out that her world is diverse because her people are different and they may not all have the same values. Although the people have different values and perspectives, her country acknowledges the views of others and learns from what people leave behind explained with a simple verse such as “I like it in the city when two worlds collide” (Adele, 16).
Home is a dwelling place where one’s feelings are placed. It is a place where one feels comfortable and happy, but not everyone has the same definition of home. Others may express home in different ways like in a song, like artists who relate their music to personal experiences. Adele’s “Hometown Glory” expresses the definition of home as a country that is united, diverse, and a place to appreciate. This artist uses various literary items in her song to allow listeners to appreciate the piece and leave the song for their own interpretation. The use of her connotation in diction, imagery, metaphors, personification and structure help the listeners interpret the meaning of her piece and what home means to the writer. This song resonates to everyone’s hometown, no matter what the place she is really singing about.
The artist appreciates the “glory” of her hometown and she does not look at it as just a place, but rather for the people that she has met and the memories they have given her. Second line in of the song “Missing out the crack and the pavements”; great use of a metaphor explains how she has lived her life in her hometown ignoring all the bad (cracks in the pavement). Just like anyone’s hometown, it may not be the greatest of places. Every place has its ups and downs and can experience social disasters. Verses 21-23 in her song describe the strength of the people in her hometown. No matter the circumstance, “we are united” (Adele, 23). The way she structured these lines in her song gives a certain tone. The way she sings this verse shows the audience that her hometown is strong.
Adele points out that her world is diverse because her people are different and they may not all have the same values. Although the people have different values and perspectives, her country acknowledges the views of others and learns from what people leave behind explained with a simple verse such as “I like it in the city when two worlds collide” (Adele, 16).