The document is lyrics from the song "Fireflies" by Owl City. It describes the singer wanting to believe that the Earth turns slowly so he can stay awake to see the thousands of fireflies lighting up the night sky. He imagines the fireflies dancing and giving him "hugs" as he watches them. The lyrics use poetic devices like repetition, similes, and personification to create a vivid picture of the fireflies.

1. Lyric Presentation
Fireflies by: Owl City
Power point by: Will Koberick

2. You would not believe your eyes
Lyrics
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
'Cause they'd fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude
But I would just stand and stare
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance
A foxtrot above my head
A sock hop beneath my bed

3. Lyrics continued…
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep
Leave my door open just a crack
(Please take me away from here)
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(Please take me away from here)
Why do I tire of counting sheep
(Please take me away from here)
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep
To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell

4. Lyrics continued…again…
But I'll know where several are
If my dreams get real bizarre I'd like to make myself believe
That planet earth turns slowly
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
I'd like to make myself believe Awake when I'm asleep
That planet Earth turns slowly Because my dreams are bursting at the
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay seams
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep

5. End rhyme
A foxtrot above my head
A sock hop beneath my bed
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread
The end of all the words end with the ed sound.

6. Alliteration
Leave my door open just a crack
(Please take me away from here)
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(Please take me away from here)
Please take me away from here is repeated so therefore it is
alliteration.

7. Slant rhyme
To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
That is a slant rhyme because fireflies and goodbyes sound
sort of the same.

8. Repetition
A foxtrot above my head
A disco ball is just hanging bed
A
sock hop beneath my
by a thread
The “A” sound is repeated three times therefore
its repetition.

9. Consonance
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep
The “Fa” sound is repeated twice therefore it is consonance.

10. Simile
Cause I feel like such an insomniac
He says he feels like an insomniac which makes this a
simile.

11. Hyperbole
To ten millionfireflies
This is a hyperbole because he is exaggerating about how
many fireflies are in his room.

12. Symbolism
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
This is symbolism because the fireflies
symbolize light.

13. Visual
But I would just stand and stare
This is visual imagery because he is using his
eyes to look at the fireflies.

14. Touch
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
This is touch imagery because he can feel the
fireflies hugging him.

15. Hearing
A foxtrot above my head
A sock hop beneath my bed
By this he can hear the sock hop and foxtrot
above his head and beneath his
bed, therefore it is hearing imagery.