Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World

Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What A Wonderful World 
By: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/israelkamakawiwoole/somewhereovertherainbowwhatawonderfulworld.html

I chose to select a song to annotate from when I was a kid, and one that everyone knows. I used to sing this song all the time, and I remember always belting the lyrics out at the top of my lungs while some family member played it on the guitar. This song has so much meaning through the lyrics, and I never had really connected it to poetry before. Now after learning about poetry I understand how they tie together.

The mood that is expressed in this poem in my opinion is being full of joy. This very happy song has poetic devices that I had not known until learning about the new lesson last week. For example, "Where trouble melts like lemon drops" is a metaphor and is personification. Those are two very familiar subjects that I have already known, but did not recognize them in the lyrics when I was singing.  Another would be "Blue birds fly" which is an example of alliteration. Alliteration is a new term that I recently learned, but I found it looking back at the song I caught sight of. The "B" in blue and birds contributes to the happy sound. Lastly I identified assonance in "Wonderful world", the "O" is a full song that also plays a factor into the happy and pleasant mood of the song. It is very remarkable to re-read over lyrics that I have known forever and notice these new poetic devices intertwined through the writing.