2017
13
“When Will My Life Begin?”
From Disney’s Tangled
Poetry Terms:
Mood, Tone, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Meter
7 AM, the usual morning lineup:
Start on the chores and sweep 'til the floor's all clean
Polish and wax, do laundry, and mop and shine up
Sweep again, and by then it's like 7:15.
And so I'll read a book
Or maybe two or three
I'll add a few new paintings to my gallery
I'll play guitar and knit
And cook and basically
Just wonder when will my life begin?
Then after lunch it's puzzles and darts and baking
Paper mache, a bit of ballet and chess
Pottery and ventriloquy, candle making
Then I'll stretch, maybe sketch, take a climb,
Sew a dress!
And I'll reread the books
If I have time to spare
I'll paint the walls some more,
I'm sure there's room somewhere.
And then I'll brush and brush,
and brush and brush my hair
Stuck in the same place I've always been.
And I'll keep wonderin' and wonderin'
And wonderin' and wonderin'
When will my life begin?
And tomorrow night,
Lights will appear
Just like they do on my birthday each year.
What is it like
Out there where they glow?
Now that I'm older,
Mother might just
Let me go ...
1. What is the speaker’s
tone
at the beginning
of the song?
2. What does the speaker keep wonderin’?
3. When does the
rhythm
change and how
does this change the speaker’s
tone
?
4. Give an example of how
alliteration
is
shown in this song.
5. Give an example of how
rhyme
is shown in
this song.