Pocketful Of Sunshine Poem Analysis

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Music has always been an enormous part of my life, now I will present my life with one thing that I love most. Music is around all of us all the time and it shapes us all in various ways. My life has been a series of ups and downs just like many, although I look at it with the utmost amount of positivity. Two songs that define me and the positivity I possess would be “Pocketful of Sunshine” by Natasha Bedingfield and “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack. I believe my past, which is something that means a great deal to me, has shaped me into the person I am today. A song that designates the past that I hold on to so dearly is “You’re Gonna Miss This” by Trace Adkins. In life you have to live one day at a time, and I feel that no matter what …show more content…

“Pocketful of Sunshine” by Natasha Bedingfield has always been a song that I felt like that defines me and my attitude. The lyric “Do what you want, but you're never gonna break me/ Sticks and stones are never gonna shake me” has a meaning full tug on my heart (Bedingfield). Ever since I was young I have had people tell me, not directly, that I wasn’t good enough and I was always beaten down. I have always tried to have this attitude. I would physically say “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”, so this songs meaning surely hits home with me. Another thing that stands out about this song is its upbeat music that I absolutely adore. This upbeat music lets me release my inner goofiness, as for when I hear the song I cannot help but dance around and enjoy myself. This song also has a lyric stating “The sun is on my side/ Take me for a ride/ I smile up to the sky/ I know I'll be all right” (Bedingfield). This lyric pertains to me as well for I’m one to love being outside and having a good time. From this lyric I imagine some friends and myself just riding around with the top down and enjoying the presence of each other. My group of friends all have a free spirited souls and I’m so thrilled to have them around me.
As I just said, my friends and I all have such a carefree attitude, the song “I hope …show more content…

In 2012 I lost my grandfather due to a brain injury, in 2013 I lost one of my very best friends due to a terrible car crash, and this past January I lost my cousin due to cancer. My friend was 17 and my cousin was 18. These deaths have shaped me into the person I am. I am more loving and everyone in my life mean such a great deal more. A song that describe how I feel about those who I have lost is called “Dancing in the Sky” by Dani and Liz. This song was a song on YouTube I found the night after my friend’s car crash and the word ring so true to not only her, but my cousin and my grandfather as well. “I hope you're dancing in the sky/I hope you're singing in the angels choir/ I hope the angels, know what they have/ I bet it's so nice up in heaven since you arrived” (Dani and Liz). This lyric is one that gets me each time that I hear it for the reason that it is completely spot-on. This song supported me through a terrible time and I believe that there could not be a better fifth song on the soundtrack of my

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