Modern Poetry: Song

Friday I'm in Love- The Cure

I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate...

I don't care if Mondays black
Tuesday, Wednesday - heart attack
Thursday, never looking back
It's Friday, I'm in love

Monday, you can hold your head
Tuesday, Wednesday stay in bed
Or Thursday - watch the walls instead
It's Friday, I'm in love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate...

Dressed up to the eyes
It's a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
And as sleek as a shriek
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It's such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
It's Friday, I'm in love

I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love

Friday I'm in Love by The Cure uses form in their song to really get a point across the repetition of the last line in each stanza "Its Friday, I'm in love". Besides a few comas and ellipsis' there is no punctuation in the form. I believe this makes the poetic syntax "enjambed" because the sentences move through the lines of the poem. The refrain or chorus, as musicians call it, in this song the chorus is no more then the last line of every stanza but still it makes the point quiet clear for the listener. The point of this song is that the speaker does not care for any of the other days of the week, it's Friday that really holds the heart of the speaker.  The rhyme scheme of this poem is one that is unusual in poetic form, in each quatrain (stanza with 4 lines) the first 3 lines rhyme with one another and the last is repeated in each stanza. In the overly large 7th stanza the rhyme scheme stays with three lines rhyming and then changed. 

There can be an argument made for personification in this song, because the speaker never references and girl or boy just "you" one could say he was giving the emotions of "blue" or "grey" to the days of the week. There is a use of metonymy as well using "blue" to substitute the emotion of sadness. The imagery of the line "throwing out your frown" is well done because even though its just someone becoming happy you can visualize a person grabbing a frown off their face and flicking it away. These are just some of the stylistic elements shown in this song. 

The content of the song is one that most everyone can agree on, Friday is the best day of the week. Monday's have always been seen as the worst because of the fact that it is the first day of work in a week. Tuesday is almost equally as monstrous due to the fact that we still has to work. Wednesday is hump day which makes it slightly better but still not good. Thursday's are sometimes unbearable because you are so close to Friday but not there. Saturday is nice but you can feel the weekend slipping away. Last but not least Sunday is saddening because Monday follows. It is a social commodity to discuss the days of the week. A look into the deeper meaning of this song it seems to be about a guy or girl who doesn't really care much for his/her love interest until the weekend comes and there is something to do. In the song the weekdays you get a sense the speaker doesn't care what the other person does but is in love every Friday. I enjoy the song because it makes light of the time each of us spend daily thinking about the weekend and how coveted Friday is to all of us, but also has a meaning hidden inside that many people would skim over.