The song "Bless The Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts tells the story of a man who went through hard times and heartbreak but eventually found true love. Over 3 verses, he describes getting lost and struggling at times, but seeing how all his past experiences led him to his soulmate. The chorus repeats the refrain that "God blessed the broken road that led straight to" his lover. The summary focuses on the overall narrative arc and message conveyed in under 3 sentences.

1. Bless The Broken Road
Rascal Flatts
By: Leslie Mercado

2. Lyrics
I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn’t see how every sign pointed straight to you
(Chorus)
Every long lost dream led to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like Northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led straight to you
I think about the years I spent just passing through
I’d like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You’ve been there you understand
It’s all part of a grander plan that is coming true
(chorus)
Now I’m just rolling home
Into my lover’s arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken roadThat led straight to you

3. Musical
Devices

4. End Rhyme
• But I got lost a time or two
• Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
• I couldn’t see how every sign pointed straight
to you
They’re end rhymes because two, through, and
you rhyme. The both make the “oo” sound.

5. Refrain/chorus
• That God blessed the broken road.
• That led me straight to you.
This is a refrain because these two sentences
repeat.

6. Internal Rhyme
• Every long lost dream led me to where you
are.
• Others who broke my heart they were like
Northern Stars.
These words are internal because they both
rhyme and are inside the line.

7. Alliteration Rhyme
• Every long lost dream led to where you are
This is alliteration because “l” is repeated three
times in the line.

8. Assonance Rhyme
• Hoping I would find true love along the broken
road.
This an assonance because the “o” is repeated
six times and is makes a long “o” sound and
alow “o” sound.

9. Figurative
Language

10. Simile
• Others who broke my they were like Northern
stars
This is a simile because it as likewhich is
comparingbroken heart to Northern stars.

11. Personification
• Others who broke my heart they
were like Northern stars
This is a personification because
you can’t break your heart.

12. Hyperbole
• Now I’m just rolling home
This is a hyperbole because when it say
rollinghome they don’t mean it they mean
driving home.

13. Imagery

14. Visual
• Into my lover’s arms
This is visual because you can picture two
people hugging each other.

15. Touch
• But you just you just smile and take my hand
This is touch because you can touch somebody’s
hand.