Songs with Social Relevance

"AS Long As You Love Me" by The Backstreet Boys





"I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden





"This I Promise You" by 'N Sync





The Backstreet Boys are an American group. They formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The band members are A.J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. In 2006 Kevin Richardson left the band.





In the song "As Long As You Love Me" by the Backstreet Boys has many poetic divices. In the line "As long as you love me" is a simile because it uses the word as in it. In the line "As long as you're here with me" is an example of simile because it has the word as in it. In the line "Although loneliness has always been a friend of mine is an example of a pun because it is a play on words in which multiple interpretations of a given word are possible.





Savage Garden is a Australian pop rock duo. They had major success in 1997 and 2001. The duo's names were Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones.



In the song "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden has many poetic divices. In the line "Like in your eyes, I see my future in an instant" is an example of imagery because it is evoking sensory images. In the line "A thousand angels dance around you" is an example of a hyperbole because it is exaggerating.



'N Sync is a boyband. The band sold 56 million records. The band formed in Orlando, Florida in 1995. The band members names are Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick.

In the song "This I promes You" by "N Sync has many poetic divices. In the line "I give you my world I give you my heart This is a battle we've won and with this vow forever has now begun" is an example ambiguity because someone could take it as they had a fight and they are trying to work out there problems. In the line "When the visions around you brings tears to your eyes and all that surround you are secrets and lies" is an example of characterization because it is telling you a story of what her life was like before.