Elvis Presley's 'Can' T Help Falling In Love

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“Can’t Help Falling in Love” by Elvis Presley
When you listen to a song, do you understand what the artist is trying to tell you? In the song “Can’t Help Falling in Love”, Elvis Presley sang about how there is no resistance of falling in love. The connotation of the song includes using similes and repetition to explain the mood and tone, also the theme of the song.

In most songs sang by Elvis Presley, he uses similes and repetition as a connotation. For example, “Like a river flows,” is comparing his love to a river. “Take my whole life, too”, is kind of like symbolism because he is saying spend life with me. Elvis also uses repetition to show how much he cares about the girl. “I can’t help falling in love with you,” is an example of repetition. He wants her to know he would die for her! This lyrical poem is set up with three stanzas and twenty-two lines in all. After the first stanza, it adds a line each stanza. The first stanza starts with six lines, stanza two has seven, and stanza three has eight lines. …show more content…

This mood makes the tone of the speaker sound sad and sorrowful. If you listen to the song, he sounds peaceful, but miserable. His attitude toward himself is calm, but loving. His attitude towards another character is admiration and caring. An example of this would be when he says “For I can’t help falling in love with you.” It may also include other lines in the song like “take my hand, take my whole life too.” Elvis is showing affection for another character. Though there isn’t much of a shift in this lyrical poem, he still adds a line to each stanza to exaggerate that he “can’t help falling in love” with the other character. The whole poem is based on one time and event. Elvis barely added any punctuation, but the song is slowly

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