![]() ![]() Imagery is used when the writer describes the prostitute. The writer of "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" uses imagery, irony, paradoxes, and repetition to enhance the meaning. This song reminded me of the quote, "The love of money is the root of all evil", because the song is saying how money corrupted these peoples lives in different ways.Īccording to Perrine's Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry, "Poetry takes all life as its province.poetry as a whole is concerned with all kinds of experience-beautiful or ugly, strange or common, noble or ignoble, actual or imaginary." Since a poem has to do with experience and the response made by the reader, "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" could be a poem because it tells a story of three separate encounters he had with greed and it created a response from the reader that there is a flaw in our system, that people are being forced to do whatever it takes for money because they don't have any other choice, and that once they start they don't have any option except to keep going. When faced with lust, greed, and temptation, most will give in and the ones that do have a difficult time stopping once they start. I think this song looks deeper into the problems humans face when they are put in a difficult situation. I can't hold back though you know I wish I could, The prostitute and the mugger both reply to his question with: In the third story, the narrator turns on the TV and sees a preacher robbing from his church on the news. The narrator then says that he will comply if he first tells him why he does this. In the second story, the narrator is held up at gunpoint. After offering her services, the narrator asks why she does this. The first story, the narrator runs into a prostitute. "I know I can't slow down,/ I can't hold back though you know I wish I could". It also mentions how once they get started in this life they have no where else to go but forward. ![]() It plays on the idea that people are forced to do this because of the flaws in society. This song is about what lengths people would go to for money. This song is broken up into three stories each dealing with a different theme: lust, temptation, and greed. Cage the Elephant's song, " Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" is a bonus track from their album, Cage the Elephant. ![]()
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