Lyric Techniques

I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more

Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

• Point-of-View

Answer explanation

500 Miles - The Proclaimers

Exaggeration of a fact or statement, for a stronger effect

There is a light and it never goes out,

There is a light and it never goes out,

There is a light and it never goes out,

There is a light and it never goes out

• Imagery

• Personification

• Alteration

• Repetition

Answer explanation

There Is A Light and It Never Goes Out - The Smiths

Repeating a word or phrase.

My lovers got humor,

Shes a giggle at a funeral

• Metaphor

• Point-of-View

• Imagery

• Personification

Answer explanation

Take Me To Church - Hozier

A comparison between 2 unrelated things.

A little ditty 'bout Jack & Diane

Two American kids growing up in the heart land

Jack, he's gonna be a football star

Diane's debutante, back seat of Jacky's car

• Metaphor

• Point-of-View

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp

The way you see and talk about a situation. First person

– Talking about yourself (I/Me) Second person

– Talking to someone (You/Yourself/Yours) Third Person

– Talking about someone else (They/Them/He/She)

It can't be that cold,

The ground is to warm to touch

• Imagery

• Personfication

• Point-of-View

• Repetition

Answer explanation

Red Rain - Peter Gabriel

Using words to draw on the five senses. (Sight/Touch/Smell/Taste/Hear)

This time, This place

Misused, Mistakes

Too long, too late

Who was I to make you wait?

• Point-of-View

• Hyperbole

• Alteration

• Imagery

Answer explanation

Far Away - Nickelback

The repetition of a sound in a phrase.

I’m never gonna dance again

Guilty feet have got no rhythm

• Hyperbole

• Alteration

• Personification

• Repetition

Answer explanation

Careless Whisper - George Michael

Giving non-living things human traits or qualities.

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