Moonlight Mile

Moonlight Mile (2002) IMDB rating: 6.70 Plot: A young man lingers in the family home of his fiancee, after her accidental death. While grieving along with her parents and drawn into legal issues presented by a district attorney seeking justice for the family, he finds himself falling in love with another woman, against his own best intentions.

Actors: Gyllenhaal Jake,Hoffman Dustin,Messing Richard,Friedman Lev,Clendenin Bob,Fyfe Jim,Fancy Richard,Corduner Allan,Drama,Romance,

Are there any poetic devices in the son "Sweet Baby James" by James Taylor?
Here’s the lyrics. So for I’ve only got rhyme scheme and a couple examples of imagery. Help please?!

There is a young cowboy he lives on the range
His horse and his cattle are his only companions
He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons
Waiting for Summer, his pastures to change
And as the moon rises he sits by his fire
Thinking about women and glasses of beer
And closing his eyes as the doggies retire
He sings out a song which is soft but it’s clear
As if maybe someone could hear
Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rock-a-bye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won’t you let me go down in my dreams
And rock-a-bye sweet baby James
Now the first of December was covered with snow
And so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston
Lord, the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frosting
With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go
There’s a song that they sing when they take to the highway
A song that they sing when they take to the sea
A song that they sing of their home in the sky
Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep
But singing works just fine for me
Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rock-a-bye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won’t you let me go down in my dreams
And rock-a-bye sweet baby James

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You might consider the point of view of the narrator; "10 miles behind me" and also the interior rhyme; "deep greens and blues and the colors I choose" It may be a stretch to use personification when the cowboy sings to his cattle, but if nothing else comes to you… It is such a beautiful song.

stormcrow | Nov 05, 2009