Every now and then there are songs that contain a message that appeals to feelings of common interest as well as historical events. What's interesting about these songs is that they give future listeners a sense of what one felt about that specific historical moment. For example, Scorpions' "The Wind of Change" is one of the few songs that, as far as I know, does this. This song talks about the historical changes that followed the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. Thus, the lyrics of this song encapsulate the feelings of a generation seeing peace and freedom for the first time after a long period of hostile political relations. This message could be perceived after the first listen to the song. However, by paying attention to the poetic devices used in this song, the listener may better appreciate the tone and theme that this song encompasses. The setting of this song suggests the importance of the historical context that this song holds. The text begins when the author places himself along the "Moskva", which is a river that runs through Moscow, the capital of Russia. Following the river you arrive at “Gorky Park” which refers to an amusement park located in Moscow. However, through the mention of these two places and the fact that the song was written in the late 1980s, the audience is able to place itself in the period when major political changes were taking place in Russia. In addition to mentioning a spatial setting, the author also refers to a temporal setting: “Summer night in August.” From the title of the song the audience can see that the phrase “Wind of change” is the dominant metaphor of this song. “Wind of Change” is an extended metaphor…center of the card…the composer of this song is what sets the tone of peace, freedom, and hope in this lyric. For example, the expression like soldiers passing by on a summer night in August creates a contrast between danger and peace. However, the peaceful tone predominates because the soldiers are also "listening to the winds of change." Another expression that describes a peaceful tone in this song is the expression "peace of mind", which is an example of imagery to evoke a feeling of serenity and consequently a peaceful tone. A tone of freedom is clearly portrayed with the repetition of the idea of ​​“where the children of tomorrow share dreams”, as well as with the phrase “freedom bell”. Finally, hope is established by the repetition of connotative figures such as “magic moment” and “glory night”. Considering the setting, the figures of speech and the tone as a whole we can finally conclude what this song is about..