I Wish Grandpa's Never Died - Personal Song Analysis

**Directions:** Select a song of your personal choice. (Turn in/See Assignment on Canvas) - **Song Title: I Wish Grandpa's Never Died** **Artist: Riley Green** **Copy song choice here:** **I wish girls you love never gave back diamond rings** **I wish every porch had a swing** **Wish kids...

**Directions:** Select a song of your personal choice. (Turn in/See Assignment on Canvas) - **Song Title: I Wish Grandpa's Never Died** **Artist: Riley Green** **Copy song choice here:** **I wish girls you love never gave back diamond rings** **I wish every porch had a swing** **Wish kids still learn to say \"sir\" and \"ma\'am\"** **How to shake a hand** **I wish every state had a Birmingham** **I wish everybody knew all the words to Mama Tried** **I wish Monday mornings felt just like Friday nights** **And I wish even cars had truck beds** **And every road was named Copperhead** **And coolers never ran out of cold Bud Light** **And I wish high school home teams never lost** **And back road drinking kids never got caught** **I wish the price of gas was low and cotton was high** **I wish honkytonks didn\'t have no closing time** **And I wish grandpas never died** **I wish Sundays on a creek bank would never end** **Wish I could learn to drive again** **I wish the first time, seventeen, she was my everything** **Kiss in a Chevrolet could happen every day** **I wish everybody overseas was gonna make it home** **I wish Country music still got played on Country radio** **And I wish even cars had truck beds** **And every road was named Copperhead** **And coolers never run out of cold Bud Light** **And I wish high school home teams never lost** **And back road drinking kids never got caught** **I wish the price of gas was low and cotton was high** **I wish honkytonks didn\'t have no closing time** **And I wish grandpas never died** **Never died** **And I wish good dogs never got grey and old** **I wish farms never got sold** **And I wish even cars had truck beds** **And every road was named Copperhead** **And coolers never run out of cold Bud Light** **I wish high school home teams never lost** **And back road drinking kids never got caught** **I wish the price of gas was low and cotton was high** **I wish honkytonks didn\'t have no closing time** **And I wish grandpas never died** **I wish grandpas never died** +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 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 | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 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? | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+