Song Analysis: Best Wishes by This Providence

This Providence is an alternative band from Seattle, Washington. Their music consists of mainly vocals, guitar, bass guitar, and the drums. The band was signed to Fueled By Ramen in 2006, and since then they have released three full-length albums and two EPs. This Providence’s use of personification, objectification, and other poetic attributes within their lyrics clearly capture the emotion that the song displays.
In the song “Best Wishes,” This Providence uses a number of poetic devices within the lyrics. Throughout the songs, the lyrics display the first person point of view, speaking to the focus of his heartache. Within the first line, the lyrics “your words hit harder than expected” is the first example of personification used in the song. Another line containing personification includes “the distance between you and I killed us gradually,” giving the “distance” human characteristics. In the first verse, the lyrics “my dreams were interrupted by the bittersweet fragrance of our childhood dreams” is another example of personification, giving the fragrance the ability to interrupt dreams. Another reoccurring poetic attribute in this song is objectification, such as in the line “a spoonful of your sarcasm.” Another example of objectification in the song is “a handful of memories” which is repeated in each chorus of the song.
In conclusion, Best Wishes is a song that contains multiple examples of poetic devices. This Providence uses personification and objectification throughout the entire song. Through these lines, the song displays the theme of heartache and separation, and a tone of negativity. In Best Wishes, This Providence portrays the emotion within the lyrics with the use of poetic devices such as point of view, tone, personification, and objectification.