Entry Number 4: Imitation

Entry 4: Imitation Music of the 80’s

Parents just don’t Understand

Will Smith

 You know parents are the same  A

No matter time nor place            B

They don't understand that us kids  C

Are going to make some mistakes    D

So to you, all the kids all across the land   E

There's no need to argue        F

Parents just don't understand      E

I remember one year        H

       The whole song is just about how parents sometimes don’t understand the experiences that their children face. And these lines do a really well in elaborating that. So the context is basically that he character is trying to explain that no matter how hard you try, parents just don’t understand. This song is a confession because it reflects on the character’s life and gives examples of the main context of this song. The rhyme scheme of these lines is A, B, C, D, E, F, E, and H. Some literary elements used in these lines, for example the tone is very persuasive. It gives examples about the contradictions between parents and children. There is also ending rhyme in lines 5 and 7 with the words understand and land.