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Don't Take the Girl by Tim McGraw
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Don't Take the Girl by Tim McGraw
Background Info:
Don't Take The Girl" is a song written by Craig Martin and Larry W. Johnson, and performed by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in March 1994 as the second single from the album Not a Moment Too Soon. The song was McGraw's fifth single overall, and his first number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart. It reached number one on the Canadian country chart as well and it was also a successful pop song, reaching number 17 on the Hot 100.
Modern Romanticism Project
By: Bayley Broadwater & Kenny Meyer
Literary Devices:
Assonance: "Take Tommy Thompson", "He held her"
Personification: " Take the heart from my chest"
Alliteration/Refrain: "Take my, Take my, Take my"
Colloquialism: Fishin', 'Cause,holdin'
Theme: True love can lead to sacrifice
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEEFF
Romantic Characteristics:
Innocence of a child: "A little girl came through the front gate"
Nature: "Fishing pole, fishin'"
Supernatural: "He prayed", "god"
Summary of the Song:
The song tells the story of two young lovers dealing with difficult scenarios at three different stages in their lives. In each situation, the man does all he can to make sure different people "don't take the girl."
Historial Events in the 90's:
•Collapse of the Soviet Union
•Operation Desert Storm
•Official End of the Cold War
•World Trade Center Bombed
•O.J. Simpson Arrested for Double Murder
•Oklahoma City Bombing
Connection to a poem in class:
This song connects to the poem "When I have fears" by Keats. The girl in this song dies and the boy had fears about her dying and in the poem Keats talks about his fears about dying too young.
MLA Citations:
"Tim McGraw: Don't take the girl - music video (lyrics in description)." YouTube. YouTube, 18 Sept. 2008. Web. 26 Feb. 2014. <
"Don't Take the Girl." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Feb. 2014. Web. 26 Feb. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Take_the
"1990s Timeline." About.com 20th Century History. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2014. <http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines