"The Funeral" by Band of Horses

        I am analyzing "The Funeral by Band of Horses. I chose to analyze this song, because it has poetic meaning. It uses caesura, enjambment, image, and personification. My first literary devise I found was an enjambment.


Really too late to call,
So we wait for; morning to wake you
Is all we got
To know me as hardly golden
Is to know me all wrong, they warn.


            The enjambment contributes a few things to the song. The author uses this enjambment to make the reader look at the sentence alone. This line alone gives a sense of sadness and loss of hope, which is the main idea of this song. " Really too late to call," gives us this feeling, because if you can not do what needs to be done. 


            My second literary devise I found in this song is caesura.At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral" This caesura breaks the idea into two parts. It shows the importance of each as an individual. It adds meaning to "At every occasion" because it is seen by itself. It is important because it lets the reader know he will always be ready.


            The last two poetic devises I found are personification and image. Personification is used in the lines 
"To the outside: the dead leaves lay on the lawn For they don't have trees to hang their own." This personifies the leaves. By personifying the leaves, the reader can better understand how the writer wants us to see the leaves. Lastly I saw image. In the same lines, I could picture the smell of the lawn, and the look of the tree and leaves. This devise gives the reader and idea of what it would be like to be in the place being described. All these devises contribute different things to the poem, that makes them better.