It is a song, but it can be considered poetry. I believe the author's purpose with writing the song is to express and reflect. One feature that stood out to me was the stanzas. The stanza feature provides each section to be separate in meaning but still convey the same message. With ¨Love¨ by Kid Cudi, he has a stanza about being happy and the next about not being down. If it were all blended together, the message wouldn't be as clear. Kid Cudi used repetition, an emotional and strong tone to match the type of writing this is. He repeats, ¨Now is the time to show what you're made of¨ (Cudi 2015). By repeating words, it emphasizes the importance of them and typically is used in poetry, lyrics and such which is appropriate for this type of
It is a song, but it can be considered poetry. I believe the author's purpose with writing the song is to express and reflect. One feature that stood out to me was the stanzas. The stanza feature provides each section to be separate in meaning but still convey the same message. With ¨Love¨ by Kid Cudi, he has a stanza about being happy and the next about not being down. If it were all blended together, the message wouldn't be as clear. Kid Cudi used repetition, an emotional and strong tone to match the type of writing this is. He repeats, ¨Now is the time to show what you're made of¨ (Cudi 2015). By repeating words, it emphasizes the importance of them and typically is used in poetry, lyrics and such which is appropriate for this type of