Literary Terms in Popular Songs

"When we were younger and free,
I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet." Is an example of...

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• imagery

"He keeps on forgetting what he wrote down. The whole crowd grows so loud. He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out." - Eminem

• alliteration
• assonance
• onomatopoeia
• personification

"Hello from the other side
I must have called a thousand times."
Is an example of...

• hyperbole
• symbols
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

What technique is Lewis Capaldi using here?

So, before you go

Was there something I could've said to make your heart beat better?

If only I'd have known you had a storm to weather

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

"So let the light guide your way, yeah
Hold every memory as you go
And every road you take
Will always lead you home, home."
Is an example of...

• personification
• imagery
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbolw

"Just like a moth drawn to a flame
Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain."
Is an example of...

• simile
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• imagery

"She's just a girl, and she's on fire

Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway

She's living in a world, and it's on fire"

Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire

(Select 2)

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

"Clean pair of sneaks, with a designer belt
Please watch your step cause I'm feeling myself"
Is an example of...

• rhyme
• repetition
• alliteration
• assonance

"Now I'm Four Five Seconds from wildin'
And we got three more days 'til Friday."
Is an example of...

• rhyme
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• personification

"The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation,
And it looks like I'm the queen.
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried!"
Is an example of...

• imagery
• metaphor
• allitertation
• onomatopoeia