Musical Literary Devices

"Into your heart I will beat again, sweet like candy to my soul"- Dave Matthews Band

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

"Her eyes make the stars look like they're not shining”- Bruno Mars

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Tone

"Hello from the otherside, I must have called a thousand times" Adele

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

"I like that boom boom pow, them chicken's jackin' my style" Black Eyed Peas

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

"It's a free ride when you've already paid" Alanis Morrissette

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Tone

"You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes"- Thriller, Michael Jackson

• Personification

• Tone

• Metaphor

• Irony

"And so today, my world it smiles. Your hand in mine, we walk the miles"- Thank you, Led Zeppelin

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Irony

"A tornado flew around my room before you came" Thinking About you, Frank Ocean

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Irony

"Sun kissed skin, so hot we will melt your popsicle" California Girls, Katy Perry

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

"Killing me softly, with his song"- Lauryn Hill

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Tone