The love shared by the protagonist and his lover inspires him even after it’s gone, and there hardly any sadness in the poem. It is not clear what happened to the protagonist’s lover, and why they had to separate, although the last lines of the poem say about “the death of that desire” – so perhaps the passion just expired.The overall mood and philosophy of the poem reminds of a motto “Carpe Diem” – that can be interpreted as “live in the moment, catch the day, and be happy that you have something now and never regret it in the future”. The poem is about the wonderful romance that is over but the memories of it overshadow everything that had happened before it. Its atmosphere and philosophy are totally different from the previously analyzed song. This song encourages the brokenhearted people to live on and move on, and inspires them with a hope that all their pain and suffering were meant to make them better and stronger for their real love.The poem If I Could But Forget by Paul Laurence Dunbar is very romantic.
This much I know is true – that God blessed the broken road that led me straight to you”.Īll the pain in the heart of a lover from previous unsuccessful relationships will be washed away the moment he or she meets the true love. But there is definitely someone meant for each of us our there, and the journeys along the broken roads only makes us stronger by the time we find Mr or Ms Right: “Others, who broke my heart, they were like Northern stars - pointing me on my way into your loving arms. As the great Shakespeare had it: “Remember, nothing is evil, lest thinking make it so”.įrom the song it is obvious that one can wonder around a lot of roads in life never knowing where and when he or she meets his true love, and these roads can be broken and which is more break the lovers’ hearts. Once a person starts viewing his or her life as a miracle – this it will become. The main thing is to believe that everything will happen just the way it should be, and our lives are truly shaped by the way we perceive the events happening to us. Both works are the samples of love lyrics, yet they deal with totally different situations people face in their romantic relationships, and with two different approaches and philosophies.In Bless The Broken Road, the protagonist describes his happy story about the love that is finally found after many years of sorrow and feeling sad.īasically the approach of the song’s author can be named “whatever happens is meant to bring the good” – and the lyrics show how at the end of the hard journey one will certainly get the prize and meet the true love.
Bless the Broken Road by Rascal FlattsIn this paper we will analyse the song Bless The Broken Road by Rascal Flatts and the poem If I Could But Forget by Paul Laurence Dunbar (both are provided in an appendix at the end of the report).
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