Eleanor Rigby
Unveiling Life's Solitude: Eleanor Rigby's Silent Symphony
Lyrics
Ah look at all the lonely people
Expression of observing isolated individuals
Ah look at all the lonely people
Reiteration of the observation of lonely people
Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice
Eleanor Rigby symbolically cleans up after a wedding
In the church where a wedding has been
Reference to the location of the wedding
Lives in a dream
Implies Eleanor lives in a world of her own
Waits at the window, wearing the face
Describes Eleanor waiting at the window with a façade
That she keeps in a jar by the door
Her face is preserved in a jar, suggesting a static persona
Who is it for
Raises a question about the purpose of her preserved face
All the lonely people
Rhetorical question about the origin of lonely people
Where do they all come from?
Reiteration of the inquiry about lonely individuals
All the lonely people
Repeat of the observation of lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Rhetorical question about the place where lonely people belong
Father McKenzie, writing the words
Introduction of Father McKenzie writing unheard sermons
Of a sermon that no one will hear
Highlighting the lack of audience for Father McKenzie's words
No one comes near
Emphasizes his isolation
Look at him working, darning his socks
Depicts Father McKenzie mending his own socks alone
In the night when there's nobody there
Reference to his solitude in the night
What does he care
Raises a question about his indifference to his situation
All the lonely people
Rhetorical question about the origin of lonely people
Where do they all come from?
Reiteration of the inquiry about lonely individuals
All the lonely people
Repeat of the observation of lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Rhetorical question about the place where lonely people belong
Ah look at all the lonely people
Reiteration of the observation of lonely people
Ah look at all the lonely people
-Eleanor Rigby, died in the church
Narrative of Eleanor Rigby's death in the church
And was buried along with her name
Reference to her burial with no attendees
Nobody came
Emphasizes the lack of mourners
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt
Depicts Father McKenzie cleaning his hands after a burial
From his hands as he walks from the grave
Describes his departure from the grave with no one saved
No one was saved
Underlines the lack of salvation
All the lonely people
Rhetorical question about the origin of lonely people
Where do they all come from?
Reiteration of the inquiry about lonely individuals
All the lonely people
Repeat of the observation of lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Rhetorical question about the place where lonely people belong
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