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by Anthony Fournier
December 10, 2008
These Foolish Things
- Rod Stewart
Lyrics of Songs as Poetry
THESE FOOLISH THINGS
A cigarette that bears a lipstick’s traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings . . .
These foolish things remind me of you
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant
A fairground’s painted swings . . .
These foolish things remind me of you
You came, you saw
And you conquered me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be
The winds of March that made my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who’s to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you.
The scent of smoldering leaves, the wail of steamers
Two lovers on the street who walk like dreamers
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you.
How strange, how sweet
To find you still
These things are dear to me
They seem to bring you so near to me . . .
The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations,
Silk stockings thrown aside, dance invitations.
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you.
RhymeRhyme
Rhyme is the similarity of ending sounds between two words.
We know that These Foolish Things contains rhyme because:
A cigarette that bears a lipstick’s traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
The words traces and places sound the same - they rhyme.
SimileSimile
A Simile is a comparison between two objects using a specific word or comparison such as "like", "as", or "than".
We know that These Foolish Things contains a simile because:
Two lovers on the street who walk like dreamers.
The two lovers are being compared to dreamers using the word like .
PersonificationPersonification
A figure of speech which endows animals, ideas, or inanimate objects with human traits
or abilities.
We know that These Foolish Things contains personification because:
The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations,
The line makes it sound as if the trains are alive because they are sighing. The line really means that the exhaust from the trains makes noise in the night.
What the Song is About
These Foolish Things is about someone being reminded of a
departed loved one. We do not know if that loved one has moved
away, left the relationship, or died. We do know that various things such as cigarettes with lipstick marks, the smell of smoldering leaves, and the sound of trains remind the speaker of his
love.