Somewhere over the rainbow

 

Way up high

 

There's a land that I heard of

 

Once in a lullaby

 

 

Somewhere over the rainbow

 

Skies are blue

 

And the dreams that you dare to dream

 

Really do come true

 

 

Someday I'll wish upon a star

 

And wake up where the clouds are far

 

Behind me

 

Where troubles melt like lemon drops

 

Away above the chimney tops

 

That's where you'll find me

 

 

Somewhere over the rainbow

 

Bluebirds fly

 

Birds fly over the rainbow

 

Why then, oh why can't I?

 

 

If happy little bluebirds fly

 

Beyond the rainbow

 

Why, oh why can't I?

 

 

ANALYSIS OF THE SONG "OVER THE RAINBOW"

 

 

The object of the present word is to analyse the song "Over the rainbow" written by Judy Garland.

 

Considering the title the poet catches the reader's attention thanks to  the uses of the  

 

word "rainbow" that connotes something beautiful and the adverb "over" that is 

 

undefined.

 

 

The poem is arranged in 5 stanzas. The first four stanzas begin with the repetition

 

of an indefinite pronoun, a compound of the word “some”  followed by another 

 

undefined word “where”, “thing”. 

 

The last stanza introduces  a possibility with the word "if".

 

The third stanza is longer than the others, so it may be   the most meaningful of 

 

the whole poem.

 

The poem is written in the first person, it is the speaking voice who is reporting

 

 a personal experience.

 

 

Considering the first stanza the poet introduces the setting and  describes it. 

 

It is as if she was reporting the experience lived  by another person:  "I heard".

 

In the second stanza the speaking voice develops the description and she 

 

introduces also the symbolic meaning : "the dreams come true".

 

Considering the third stanza the poet hopes to enter the word she has 

 

previously presented and she describes that place in some details.

 

In the fourth and fifth stanza the speaking voice introduces two questions to the 

 

reader.

 

 

It is a sort of imaginary travel. We can understand this thanks to the word

 

"lullaby" that reminds us  something that belongs to the  imaginative world of

 

our childhood.

 

The speaking voice is thinking of a parallel word where everything is wonderful. To

 

connote this view she uses beautiful natural elements like: "bluebirds, lemon

 

drops, blue sky and the rainbow".

 

She wishes she could really experience this place.

 

The last line is a question that the speaking voice asks herself. She wonders 

 

why she cannot believe  such  wonderful place really exist and can

 

be her own place to be happy.