In the poem Thank you for the song by Jennifer Rondeau, the poet is trying to express deep feelings of thanksgiving to her loved one who sang her a song. From the context of the poem, the person who sang this song to her must probably be a close family member, friend, or lover. This person must have been on his or her way off and decided to sing for her the out of love. She says that the song was unique and only known to the two of them.
She expresses how much she is in love with the song that was sung to her and that the song makes her sleep completely every moment she listens to it. The poet expresses the feeling of the possibility that she may never get to see the person who sung to hear the song, but the song itself makes her believe the fact that both of them may never meet and this makes her forget this person completely.
She says that despite being a song that only the two of them knows, the song makes her heart healed due to its forgiveness and swears that this is a song that can not be forgotten. He describes the song as memorable and that both of them lived the song. She expresses feelings of a need to hear the same song repeatedly. She expresses her appreciation and sincerity to her loved one for singing her such a memorable song that is only known to them alone (Haung 128).
In the song Thank You for the Music by Abba, this group of singers is also trying to explain its deep feelings of thanksgiving and this time to the Lord for the talent of singing He awarded to them. According to their song, singing is the only thing that gives them recognition in public, and everyone who listens to them when they start to sing appreciates them considerably, and this makes them very proud since there is no any other thing that makes them feel this way.
They are vowing to use this talent given to them free of charge from God by singing the music even much louder. Due to this talent, they decided to make up this song purposely as an appreciation to the Lord and also to the people that listen to them. They are very grateful (Miller, 69).
Considering both the poem and the song, the two seems to contain a similar philosophy of appreciation or thanksgiving. The two are expressions of gratitude, satisfaction, sincerity as well as fulfillment. The poet and the singers are trying to recognize someone else effort as a major contribution to their comfort. For the poem, the poet recognizes the efforts of her loved one while for the song, the Abba group of singers recognizes God for the singing talent that He gave to them.
Works Cited
Haung, Kinsey. A Collection of poems. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007. Print.
Mitler, Herman. Gospel songs lyrics. Chicago: Johns Hopkins, 2008. Print.