Analysis of “Peter Piper

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Analysis of “Peter Piper” “Peter piper” is famous as a tongue twister, and it is also notable as difficult. The song “Peter piper” is a rap song produced and sang by RUN DMC, a rap group. They recomposed the classical poem or the tongue twister into a popular rap song, and they let increasing people know the poem. Through their works, rap music and poem is combined perfectly. This song applies lots of end rhymes and alliteration to catch people’s attention. Rap music places heavy emphasis on rhythm sensation, and the end rhymes in the “Peter piper” assist singers to achieve the rhythm sensation. For example, “Now Dr. Seuss and Mother Goose both did their thing; But Jam Master's gettin loose and D.M.C.'s the king”, “thing” and “king” are end rhymes. “Jay's like King Midas as I was told; Everything that he touched turned to gold”, the end rhymes are “told” and “gold”. The examples are two of the many consecutive rhymes in the song. Rhymes not only can attract people, but they are also playful and memorable. Despite the rhymes in the song, alliterations in the song also play the important role to help people memorize the song and the poem. The obvious example is that “Now Peter Piper picked peppers but Run rocked rhymes”, among this line, “peter”, “piper”, “picked” and “peppers” are the usage of alliteration. Alliterations retrieve similar sounding words and phrases from a person’s memory, making it a useful tool for poetry comprehension and memorization. After listened to the song few times, I found that I can almost remember the lyrics. On the other hand, since this is a rap song, to make it have more flowing rhythms, repetition of sounds aid singers to present the rhythm sensation. “Like the little old lady who lived in a shoe” is another example of alliterations in the song; “like”, “little”, “lady”, “lived” and other alliterations in the song help

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