Isn’t it Ironic?

Our days always seem to have some touch of irony in them. It appears to be the determination of how our luck unfolds and how that day will unravel. Irony can be defined as what can seem coincidental. Maike Oergel from the Encyclopaedia of German Literature writes that “Irony is a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects...” A song was written by Alanis Morissette entitled “Ironic.” The song goes into some extremes but the lyrics can be understood depending on what kind of day you are having and what you’re doing on that particular day. She says lines like “it’s like ten thousand spoons, when all you need is a knife,” “it’s like rain on your wedding day,” “a traffic jam when you’re already late,” and “a no smoking sign on your cigarette break.” The lines of the song are pieces of a bad day that just keeps getting worse. It defines how you feel before you say the words “this is just my luck,” or “this could only happen to me.”