Analysis Of Solona Imani Rowe

Solona Imani Rowe also known as “SZA” started her work as young as 8 writing raps with her brother. A lot of SZA’s work comes from past experience making her art more heartfelt. She has collaborated with people like Kendrick Lamar and Chance the rapper. Not only has her music stayed on the Billboard charts for 150 weeks but she has also been nominated for nine grammys. SZA’s work conveys a life story with her wise and unique word play.

To start off we can make it clear that Solona Imani-Rowe uses hyperboles in her poetry. Towards the end of Broken Clocks, Solana writes “I ain't got no time Just burning daylight” (Imani-Rowe 23). Solona uses this hyperbole to express her wasting time. The longer she waits the longer she lets the sun burn. Furthermore, A common theme we can find in Broken Clocks is to forget the past. In the beginning of Broken Clocks, Solana writes “Run fast from my day job
Runnin' fast from the way it was” (Imani-rowe 2). Solona uses this to express her moving on from the past. She’s running away from the way life used to be and has moved onto better. Broken Clocks uses its clever expression of time to show it's time to move forward.

In the beginning of Love Galore, Solana Imani-Rowe writes “Promise I won’t cry over spilled milk” (Imani-rowe 12). Crying over spilled me is used to express getting upset over something that has happened and cannot be changed. From her promise we can tell she doesn’t regret the wasted time and finds better solutions to ease the pain. Near the middle of Love Galore, Solana Imani-Rowe writes “Love however we want, it don't matter You do whatever I want, get whatever I want Get whatever I need” (Imani-Rowe 28). This was used to express how even though he thought he was playing her she didn’t. She knew he liked doing things with her and got whatever she wanted. It’s not worth crying over the silly things in life, it's better to work for the