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A Close Reading of 'Looking for America,' Part 2 - July 18, 2023

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Looking for America by Lana Del Rey

We finish our discussion of the 2019 song, Looking for America, by singer Lana Del Rey. By making a close reading of the song's words, we will understand more about its sounds and structure. In lines one and three she uses the same number of syllables. Then in lines two and four she uses seven syllables. Line six just has the added word of no. This addition might have been Del Rey ad-libbing, or speaking spontaneously without planning.

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