Poetry Florence and the Machine "Delilah"

Read the lyrics of “Delilah” by Florence and the Machine and answer the following questions:

1.       Themajority of lines from this song are how many syllables?

2.       If I consider arefrain to be a series of repeated lines, how many refrains occur in this song?

3.       How many times doesthe speaker say she is waiting for a phone call?

4.       How interested,indifferent, or desperate is the speaker for a phone call?

5.       Does this speakerappear to be in a dependency relationship (i.e., a relationship in which sherelies on someone else to define who she is and to validate her?

6.       How many times doesthe speaker claim she is going to be free?

7.       This repeatedinsistence that she is going to be free implies what about the speaker? Usequotations or summary to support your opinion.

8.       How confident is thespeaker that she is going to be free? Use quotations to support your judgment.

9.       Does the speakerachieve her freedom? Use quotations to support your opinion.

10.   Pull the pillars down refers to what?Please quote from the bible and cite book, chapter, and verse.

11.   Does the speaker side with Delilah orSamson? Does she side with both? Use quotations to explain your answer.

12.   The line These chains never leave meoccurs how frequently in the song?

13.   The chains mentioned above are an allusionto what?

14.   Are the chains literal or metaphorical?Explain you answer.

15.   In the clause, These chains never leaveme, the word chains functions as which of the following subject or object?

16.   In the clause, These chains never leaveme, the word leave functions as what part of the sentence?

17.   After answering questions 15 and 16, is itfair to say that the chains have some ability to stay or leave independent ofthe speakers action. Do not consider what is literally true. Pay attentiononly to the syntax of the clause.

18.   When the speaker says, Never knew I was Idancer til Delilah showed me how and Now Im dancin with Delilah sheindicates that she is which of the following: a male partner, a seductress, or ?

19.   Does the song imply that Delilah reallyliked Samson and that her desire was to keep him at her side rather than torender him a captive of the philistines?