Demons

Imagine Dragons is an amazing rock band. They use their imagination and have tons of emotion that we can all feel as listeners. Their well known song, “Demons,” happens to have a huge connection to the romantic style of poetry from the 1800s.

In “Demons,” they sing about struggles in life and how people hide their problems. They use the imagination of the listener to paint an image of demons in a person’s eyes when they talk about if you look deep into someone’s eyes, you may see their real problems. We also feel strong emotion in the song, a key component of romantic poetry. Not only do they use strong emotions to convey the message, they also examine emotion itself through the song when they talk about hidden feelings or traits in humans as in the line “We still are made of greed.”

The biggest connection that we see to romantic poetry is the interest in the common man and individual. People can relate to the song because it is about struggles in life and hiding your feelings through these hard times. “It’s where my demons hide” talks about hidden “demons” that are inside of everyone. We all know this experience as an individual, and the song empowers us by reminding us that we aren’t alone in life. Other people have struggles too. While the song doesn’t talk about nature as the romantics did, the song still connects with romantic poetry very strongly in the other components.

John Keats is a particular romantic poet that relates to the song “Demons.” In “Ode To A Nightingale,” he expresses his struggles and sees the nightingale as so happy, just like Imagine Dragons vocalize their struggles and see “saints made of gold” around them. “Demons” is a very powerful song full of emotion that tells the story of all of us. We all face struggles and see people that are better than us, but in the end we need to release these hurtful emotions, the “demons”, and let the people around us help.