Best Of Me- Brantly Gilbert

By: Aubrey Rolison

Musical Devices Slant Rhyme Repetition End Rhyme Internal Rhyme Alliteration Assonance Consonance Onomatopoeia Refrain/Chorus

Slant Rhyme “And then I end up in a bottle screaming

out your name.”“Punching the walls, carrying on like I’ve

gone insane.”

-The reason why this is a slant rhyme, is because ‘name’ and ‘insane’ rhyme.

Repetition!

“It’s got me pouring up another drink.” “It’s killing me baby.”

The reason why this is repetition, is because these lines our repeated numerous times.

Simile!

“When it’s coming on strong like a hurricane.”

“Bourbons hitting me hard like a freight train.”

(Using like or as)

The reason why these two sentences are similes is because there comparing two things, with the world like.

Personification (:

“How can love like that just up and walk away?”

This is an example of personification because love can’t just walk away.

Imagery ! (:

Touch Feel Smell Taste Hear

Hearing!

“And I remember you saying, “Baby, please don’t give up on me.”

This is imagery because ‘hearing; is one of the 5 senses. In this song, the guy talks about how he can remember hearing the girl say those words above.

Visual !

“In the mirror, I can see the man who just shook his head, for no more.”

This is an example of the 5 senses, visualizing. He can see himself in the mirror.

Touch!

“And turning the page.” “With my back against the wall, or on my

knees.”

These are both examples of touch imagery because he is feeling something in both of these sentences.

Lyrics? Yes. <3I found a box of memories, read a letter. Dropped a tear where you signed your name,Smearing the ink in the ‘love always.’Girl, I always start this way,And then I end up in a bottle screaming out your name,Punching the walls, carrying on like I’ve gone insane.And in the mirror, I can see the man who just shook his head, for no more.Watching an angel cry her tears, stepping over my beers, as you walked out the door.And there ain’t nothing like a memory, when it’s coming on strong like a hurricane.How can love like that just up and walk away? It’s killing me baby,It’s got me pourin’ up another drink, bourbons hitting me hard like a freight trainWith my back against the wall, or on my kneesWhen the worst of your memory, gets the best of me.Well, I remember it all too well, riding 441 down to Milledgeville,Crossing the bridge, as the sun set on Lake Sinclair.I couldn’t wait to see you smile,But all I saw were tears in your pretty eyes, and that said it all, It was all downhill from there.And I remember you saying, “baby please don’t give up on me.”Oh baby, this stubborn man is gonna lie in the bed he made.

‘Cause there ain’t nothing like a memory, when it’s coming off strong like a hurricane.

How can love like that just up and walk away? It’s killing me baby,With my back against the wall, or on my kneesWhen the worst of your memory, gets the best of me.It’s got me pourin’ up another drink, bourbons hitting me hard like a freight trainWith my back against the wall, or on my kneesWhen the worst of your memory, gets the best of me.Baby there ain’t nothing like a memory, when it’s coming off strong like a

hurricane.How can love like that just up and walk away? Your killing me baby.Got me pouring up another drink, Bourbons hitting me hard like a freight train.With my back against the wall, or on my knees,When the words of your memory gets the best of me, the best of me.

Summary of this song.

This song is about a guy who loved a girl, a lot. They split up, and he’s heartbroken and remembers memories from her. The memories won’t go away, so there getting the best of him.