God's Country Song Analysis (PDF)

**Directions:** Select a song of your personal choice. (Turn in/See Assignment on Canvas) - **Song Title: God's Country** **Artist: Blake Shelton** **Copy song choice here:** **Right outside of this one church town** **There\'s a gold dirt road to a whole lot of nothin\'** **Got a deed to...

**Directions:** Select a song of your personal choice. (Turn in/See Assignment on Canvas) - **Song Title: God's Country** **Artist: Blake Shelton** **Copy song choice here:** **Right outside of this one church town** **There\'s a gold dirt road to a whole lot of nothin\'** **Got a deed to the land, but it ain\'t my ground** **This is God\'s country** **We pray for rain, and thank Him when it\'s fallen** **\'Cause it brings a grain and a little bit of money** **We put it back in the plate** **I guess that\'s why they call it God\'s country** **I saw the light in the sunrise** **Sittin\' back in a 40 on the muddy riverside** **Gettin\' baptized in holy water and \'shine** **With the dogs runnin\'** **Saved by the sound of the been found** **Dixie whistled in the wind, that\'ll get you Heaven bound** **The Devil went down to Georgia but he didn\'t stick around** **This is God\'s country** **We turned the dirt and worked until the week\'s done** **We take a break and break bread on Sunday** **And then do it all again** **\'Cause we\'re proud to be from God\'s country (yeah, yeah)** **I saw the light in the sunrise** **Sittin\' back in a 40 on the muddy riverside** **Gettin\' baptized in holy water and \'shine** **With the dogs runnin\'** **Saved by the sound of the been found** **Dixie whistled in the wind, that\'ll get you Heaven bound** **The Devil went down to Georgia but he didn\'t stick around** **This is God\'s country (yeah)** **God\'s country** **I don\'t care what my headstone reads** **Or what kind of pinewood box I end up in** **When it\'s my time, lay me six feet deep** **In God\'s country (yeah, yeah)** **I saw the light in the sunrise** **Sittin\' back in a 40 on the muddy riverside** **Gettin\' baptized in holy water and \'shine** **With the dogs runnin\'** **Saved by the sound of the been found** **Dixie whistled in the wind, that\'ll get you Heaven bound** **The devil went down to Georgia but he didn\'t stick around** **This is God\'s country (God\'s country)** **Yeah, I saw the light in the sunrise** **Sittin\' back in a 40 on the muddy riverside** **Gettin\' baptized in holy water and \'shine** **With the dogs runnin\'** **Saved by the sound of the been found** **Dixie whistled in the wind, that\'ll get you Heaven bound** **The Devil went down to Georgia but he didn\'t stick around** **This is God\'s country** +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | T-Title | | +===================================+===================================+ | P-Paraphrase | | | | | | \*Only Paraphrase the Chorus 1 | | | time. | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | C- Connotation | | | | | | **8 examples- [Not including | | | Rhyme | | | Scheme]**[.]{.underli | | | ne} | | | | | | \*Highlight/Comment these on your | | | document and label what type of | | | figurative language/poetic device | | | it is\*\* | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | A- Attitude | [Tone-] | | | | | | [Mood-] | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | S- Shift | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | T- Title (Part 2) | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | T- Theme: | | | | | | **When done with TPCASTT -** | | | | | | - | | | | | | **Answer the following in your | | | response:** What does the song | | | speak to you? How does it have an | | | impact on your life, and in what | | | ways do you feel that you connect | | | to the theme? | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+