Figurative Language in Songs

"Get my pretty name out of your mouth"

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Simlie

"Holdin' me backGravity's holdin' me back I want you to hold out the palm of your hand Why don't we leave it at that?"

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

"Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind (oh)Head on the pillow, I could feel you sneaking in As if you were a mythical thing Like you were a trophy or a champion ring And there was one prize I'd cheat to win"

• Alitteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

I got me a car, it’s as big as a whale And we’re headin’ on down to the Love Shack I got me a Chrysler, it seats about 20 So hurry up and bring your jukebox money

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

"Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality"

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Personification

• Simile

I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine I got a love and I know that it’s all mine Oh, oh, oh oh Do what you want but you’re never gonna Break me Sticks and stones are never gonna shake Me, oh, oh oh oh

• Personification

• Idiom

• Symbolism

• Alliteration

"I’m never gonna dance again Guilty feet have got no rhythm Though it’s easy to pretend. I know you’re not a fool……Time can never mend The careless whisper of a good friend"

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

• Simile

Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

She is like a cat in the dark And then she is to darkness She rules her life like a fine skylark And when the sky is starless All your life you've never seen Woman taken by the wind Would you stay if she promised you heaven?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Idiom