Q&A: How do you quote lyrics from a song in a narrative essay?
Question by Cathy: How do you quote lyrics from a song in a narrative essay?
When a speaker is actually saying the lyrics?
Any example will be greatly appreciated.
@Finesse: yeah because songs never convey a message and all songs have nothing but swear words. I think your reply just shows the limited variety of songs you listen to.
Best answer:
Answer by Finesse
Well, how credible is the song as a source? If it’s Ke$ha, who’s career hinges on shaking glitter off her tits, it will not reflect well on your essay, it will look like you put very little thought or effort into it, and those two things do matter in getting a good grade. You have to remember that songs are art, they aren’t full of useful information, they’re about emotion and are both distinct and indistinct about it, using rhetorical devices. So it would be pretty useless, because that’s probably not the point of your essay, the emotion, and either way the song is probably not written about your book or article or play or whatever, so it’s moot.
I say don’t do it. Stop being lazy and go open a real book. Not unless the song is “I’m On a Raft” and your essay is on Huckleberry Finn.
But to answer your question, just like in any other kind of quote you write it exactly as it appears where you found it. So write it in quotes in poem style, using a / to separate stanzas.
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