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Literary Devices

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Literary Devices
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Figurative Language

Metaphor
""rekindled flames""
Structural
Metaphor
""I'm combing through the braids of lies""
Structural
Extended metaphor
""We embroidered the memories of the time I was away / Stitching, 'We were just kids, babe'""
Central
Extended metaphor
"embroidering the memories"
Central
Imagery
"waltzing back into rekindled flames / a field engulfed in fire"
Structural
Imagery
"and all at once the ink bleeds"
Structural
Personification
""Killing time at the cemetery"; "all at once, the ink bleeds"; "something counterfeit's dead""
Structural
Hyperbole
""You and I go from one kiss to getting married""
Structural
Paradox
""Something counterfeit's dead""
Central

Sound Device

Rhyme scheme
"Chorus: legendary / cemetery / married / buried; bridge: legendary / momentary / unnecessary / buried"
Structural

Rhetorical Device

Epiphora
""It was legendary / It was momentary / It was unnecessary / Should've let it stay buried""
Structural
Irony
""You Holy Ghost""
Structural
Juxtaposition
""You low-down boy, you stand-up guy""
Central
Allusion
""Oh, what a valiant roar / What a bland goodbye / The coward claimed he was a lion""
Structural
Synecdoche
""Talkin' rings and talkin' cradles""
Structural
Double Entendre
""loml" (title)"
Central
Double Entendre
""You cinephile in black and white""
Structural
Double Entendre
"you shit-talked me under the table"
Structural
Double Entendre
"a stand-up guy"
Structural
Structural Ambiguity
"you were the loss of my life"
Central

Narrative Device

Narrative Reversal
""I felt a glow like this never before and never since" → "I felt a hole like this never before and ever since""
Central

Language & Diction

Twisted cliché
""I thought I was better safe than starry-eyed"; "A con man sells a fool a get-love-quick scheme""
Structural
Twisted cliché
""Shit-talked me under the table""
Structural
Twisted cliché
"you shit-talked me under the table"
Structural