Figurative Language in Song Lyrics

Front

"Loving him was like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street"

Back

simile

Front

"Tick! Tock! On the clock but the party don't stop"

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

"I'd walk a thousand miles to see you tonight"

Back

hyperbole

Front

"Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter"

Back

alliteration

Front

"You start to freeze as horror looks you between the eyes"

Back

personification

Front

"Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme..."

Back

simile

Front

"I think to myself, what a wonderful world"

Back

alliteration

Front

"My heart's a stereo; it beats for you"

Back

metaphor

Front

"You've got a smile that takes me to another planet"

Back

personification

Front

"You change your mind like a girl changes clothes"

Back

simile