Turning Tables by Adele

Everyone knows Adele. They know the songs, "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone Like You", and "Set Fire to the Rain." One song that is rather out in the public is called "Turning Tables." This is one of my favorite songs. She is trying to explain that she is tired of fighting because she is losing. It is about someone changing their mind over and over again and her trying to stay away from it. The main lyric in the chorus says, "It's time to say goodbye, to turning tables." 

This song gives many examples of metaphors and consonance. One example of a metaphor is when she sings "under your thumb, I can't breathe." This is a metaphor because someone can't really be under someone else's thumb. She is trying to tell us that something so small can make her stop breathing. An example of consonance is in the chorus. She sings "iT's Time To say goodbye To Turning Tables." There is a repetition of the consonant "T". 

Obvious changes are in chorus to verse and verse to bridge, but there are a few other changes as well. In most songs, there is a contradiction in a lot of songs, but it this one, there isn't one. I didn't really see many changes in this song, I just saw many things being referred to. For instance, she refers to storms and thunder throughout the song. 

Crucial moments in this song include the bridge. The lyrics state "Next time I'll be braver, I'll be my own savior, When the thunder calls for me, Next time I'll be braver, I'll be my own savior, Standing on my own two feet." In these couple of lines, she is saying that she is going to be exactly the opposite of how she was before. 

Adele uses rhyme and rhythm to express her feelings. Every line in the verse has a rhyming pattern (AAAA). This means that the last word of every line rhymes. The choruses have repeating techniques as well. The last word of each line is the word "me," then the last two words on the last to lines are "turning tables" (hence the name of the song.) 


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