Okay, not technically Spock. Leonard Nimoy. Still.
"Under the Pines" by Jonathan Coulton is a rather strange song. It's not my favorite song ever, but it is stuck in my head, which is a good enough reason to use it for this assignment.
1. Why do I like this song? The first time I heard it, I thought it was a sweet little love song. In a way, it still is. Lyrics like "I am in love/But it's only a fantasy" and "How was I supposed to know/That I would end up so brokenhearted" could easily fit into a more, shall we say, "conventional" love song. And then ...I looked up the lyrics, wrenching my mind into the Realm of Creepy. I just love the weirdness of this song, how he sings so sweetly about something so utterly bizarre.
2. Paraphrase the song. Oh dear. Leonard Nimoy had a one-night stand with Bigfoot, who then left him. Bigfoot did not feel as deeply as Nimoy did about it. ("We had one night/That's all it was to you") Nimoy is now slouching around in a lovesick manner and, apparently, writing love songs.
3. Do I notice any stylistic devices? Allusion, for sure. Jonathan Coulton alludes to Nimoy's Star Trek role as Spock in the line "I wish I really had no emotion." Other than that...rhyme, of course, and rhythm. There is very flowery language, but I don't believe that any of it is a metaphor or simile.
Lyrics: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/index.php/Under_the_Pines/Lyrics
Song: (skip to 2:00 if you don't want to watch the rest of his intro, but it is quite amusing.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD88hcBZbvs
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