What Guys Look For In Girls Analysis

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“When I first learned that no one could ever love me more than me, a world of happiness previously unseen was discovered”. This is the first line of slam poem called ‘What Guys Look for in Girls’. Written and performed by Savannah Brown, a 19-year-old from Ohio, this poem has over 4.6 million views on YouTube. This poem was created as a video response to Nash Grier’s video ‘What Guys Look for in Girls’, a video that sparked internet outrage and had to be taken down just five days after it was released. Even though Nash Grier's video was taken down, multiple copies of the video were re-uploaded by various YouTube accounts, along with response videos by several YouTubers, including Savannah Brown. Throughout this piece, she uses various devices …show more content…

Some examples of metaphor within the piece are when it says “your laughter’s so melodic it’s a song” and “your creativity’s a compass that leads you to what you love”. An example of evocative language in the piece is “you don’t need any miracle cream to keep your passions smooth, hair free or diet pills to slim your kindness down.” These metaphors and instances of evocative language help emphasise the message that it doesn’t matter what you look like, the most important thing you can love about yourself is ____. Metaphors, evocative language, and repetition are also used to describe the expectations laid upon women by society. One particular phrase that uses both metaphor and evocative language “because the only place we'll ever truly feel safe is curled up inside skin we've been taught to hate by a society that shuns our awful confidence and feeds us our flaws”. Other examples of evocative language include “a reminder that the mirror is meant to be a curse so I confine her in my mind, but when he or she shouts ‘let me out!’ we're allowed to listen.” and “Don't you shatter the illusion you could ever be anything beyond paper fine flesh and flashy teeth and fingernails.” One instance of repetition includes “echoic accusations of not good enough, never good enough”. Another phrase that uses both evocative language and repetition

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