"Ironic" Analysis

Irony is a literary term which takes place in practically, if not every type of literature. It is present in poems, songs, stories, etc. Irony is simply defined as contrary to what is being expected. A song entitled “Ironic” would leave one assuming it to be filled with irony, would it not? This is ironically not quite the case when it comes to Alanis Morissette’s song, given that title.
The very first two lines of the song are “An old man turned ninety-eight. He won the lottery and died the next day.” Also, virtually an entire verse consists of the words, “It’s like rain on you wedding day. It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid. It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take.” All of these are not so much ironic as they are merely coincidental or unfortunate events. Though, this could be intentional. Perhaps the song was unsuitably titled in order to be thought provoking.
Especially ones that are also musicians, writers have the tendency to be anomalous. They very much enjoy making the reader think. Whilst reading these lyrics, I could not help but to think of all of the irony. I did not think of it as being in “Ironic” itself, for there truly is none, but the irony of the lack of it. Irony indubitably exists in the world today, but it forthrightly does not in this particular song.