A Boy Named Sue

The song a Boy name Sue, by Jonny Cash, is a poem in the form of a song. The literary element that he uses is Visual Imagery. He will use word and phrases that help you picture what this young boy is going through. The song starts off with him telling the story from the beginning. His daddy left and only left him his name, which happened to be Sue. It continues on with this history of what happened because he was named Sue. All the bad things that happened, like how he got picked on, how he became the way he is, and what happened when he saw his father again. Throughout all of this he uses choice words that gives us a mental image of what is happening when he sings it.