Literary Elements in I'm Already There by Lonestar

Like many other songs, I’m Already There by Lonestar released off their hit album in 2001 has many literary elements incorporated in the lyrics. Lonestar wrote this song directly after September 11, in order to give an appreciation for the soldiers as well as their families. Throughout the song, however, many literary elements can be identified while interpreting the lyrics. The theme presented throughout this song is that although being in the armed forces takes a person away from their family, no matter what happens, they will always be in their families’ hearts. Many families who have loved ones fighting at war have a hard time coping with the fact that their lives could be taken at any minute. They understand that what their loved one is doing for their country is an honor but can also be scary at the same time. Until this loved one comes home, the family can be under severe stress worrying about them. An artful illusion know as meditative is represented in this song with the husband speaking to his family. No matter how a person interprets this song, it is easy to get a clear view of a husband speaking to his wife and children over the phone. This allows the reader to get a sense of what the poem is based on. Throughout the entire song, many symbols are used to represent ideas in a more creative way. These symbols allow the mind to come up with its own descriptive image and give more meaning to certain lyrics. A couple of the easy literary elements that are found in this song are rhythm, stanzas, and repetition. The rhythm helps give the listener an understanding of what type of meaning lies in the lyrics. For instance, with this song, the rhythm is slow and moving to emphasis the lyrics. The song is divided into six stanzas to divide the different thoughts. Every odd stanza deals with him talking to his family and the even stanza, which is the chorus, presents his thoughts and how he feels. The repetition of the chorus helps a listener understand the message that the song is trying to get across. It also helps refer back to the point that although he may not physically be there with his family, he will always be in their hearts. The chorus shows many examples of imagery. The sunshine in your hair, the shadow on the ground, and the whisper in the wind all appeal to a person’s visual sense. It helps give a clear image of where he is. Can you feel the love we share and touch you with my fingertips also show imagery but with the sense of touch. This also allows a person to get a descriptive image of what is actually occurring. Blank verse and rhyme help set the beat of this poem. The first stanza consists of blank verse to help create that mood of the song. It then starts to change to rhyme in the second stanza with there and hair. The following three stanzas also have rhyme in them with lips and fingertips, share and there, there and hair, and share and there again. Rhyme allows the song to flow in a graceful way and is easy to catch on to when memorizing.