A song to learn sound devices and figures of speech

 Figures of Speech

• Personification: "Who kicked a hole in the sky / So the heavens would cry over me?"

• Idiom / Visual Metaphor: "In a world come undone at the seams"

• Metaphor: "As you sail up your heavenly stream"

• Synecdoche: "Shake up your tired eyes"

Sound Devices

• Anaphora (Repetition): "Let there be love" (repeated across choruses and outro)

• Alliteration:

  • /s/ sound: "Who stole the soul from the sun"

  • /w/ sound: "The world is waiting for you"

• Assonance:

  • Long /oʊ/ sound: "Who stole the soul"

  • Long /aɪ/ sound: "sky / So the heavens would cry"

• Consonance (Sibilance): Repetition of /s/ sounds (sky, heavens, stole, soul, sun, seams)