Imitation #6

Stan By Eminem 

Sometimes I even cut myself to see how much it bleeds
It's like adrenaline, the pain is such a sudden rush for me
See everything you say is real, and I respect you cause you tell it
My girlfriend's jealous cause I talk about you 24/7
But she don't know you like I know you Slim, no one does
She don't know what it was like for people like us growin up
You gotta call me man, I'll be the biggest fan you'll ever lose
Sincerely yours, Stan -- P.S.We should be together too

The song is about a fan called Stan, who is writing to Eminem, and isn't getting a response and starts to become obsessive. The song is the just the real start of his carrer, and became heavily popular, so it conveys a lot of important aspects, as far as the context goes, and expresses his polarity and some of the strange mail he has probably received. The song is more of a confessional, since Stan is writing to Eminem and talking about how much they are similar and how much alike they are. There doesn't seem to be any real rhyme scheme, but the rhythm has this way of making it so that every word and sentence fits together as though there is a rhyme. Eminem is very good with keeping a strong similarity between the words and what is going on in the song. The entire song is a narrative poetry, and it goes into great detail about this relationship that has developed between Stan and Eminem. The tone changes throughout the song. it goes from this thrilling and excited fanmail to one of desperation and anger. The words become more violent and the tone starts to become more dark. Eminem seems to use assonance because while there is no rhyme scheme, there is this repetitiveness of the same sound, for example, "suck, sudden, rush" they all have this same sound to them. While the whole song has a very literal meaning, because it provides this story of what is going on, it could also be called lyrical poetry because of what it gives off. Stan is giving such emotion in his writing, and the letters he sends to Eminem is very colorful and emotional because of the dedication and support he has for his music. While the story does make this guy out to be psychotic, it's deeper than that because Stan has invested so much of his life into his music.