Music Poetry: Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran is a popular young vocalist, well known for his unique R & B folk blend. He writes many of his own songs, including “Thinking out Loud”, in the album “X”. This was Sheeran’s second single to reach number one on the UK singles chart. Sheeran is singing the song to his love, and describing to her how he feels about her. I believe that this song, while not only genius in a musical sense, could also be viewed as poetry, with it’s excellent use of personification, imagery and repetition. 

The best use of personification in the song is when Sheeran writes, “Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love?” Furthermore, Sheeran uses various examples of imagery in the song, such as when he writes, “Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars.” Finally, because he uses a refrain in the song, the song uses repetition to further develop it, the best example of this is when, in the last stanza he writes, “That maybe we found love right where we are. Oh, baby, we found love right where we are. And we found love right where we are.”