Question

Find a popular song and examine its lyrics using the pentad. What elements do the lyrics emphasize? What is the dominant ratio? What does that say about the songwriter's motivation?

Answer 1

Let us discuss Bob Dylan Tangled up In Blue song for our pentad lyrics . We know pentad has five elements . These are

• Act
• Scene
• Agent
• Agency
• Purpose

In the song the act is Bob Dylan having the thought of the girl . The girl is on his mind . He thinks about her and imagines when he is not with her and meets her whenever he can. The science dimensions involve various locations used in the songs .Such as the room in which he was lying alone on the bed . One more example is when he goes to a bar which is topless to see the girl . After this scene a final physical scene is shown where they both are seen living in Montague street .In the song the agent is Dylan. Every verse in the song is completed by Tangled up in the Blue which portrays that the girl stays with him for short intervals of time and wherever she leaves him he feels bad and low . His character is shown as persistent , risk taking . He is also shy . The agency is reflected by the both of them meeting and living together . It is verbal in nature . The purpose which reflects from the song is to show how difficult it is for them to live together . The motive which is shown in the songs is that Dylan and woman are to be together with each other . The pentad analysis helped us to develop a perspective why their relationship is confusing . The relationship is dynamic and is constantly changing