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Craft Moves in Songs
Quiz by Christina Rader
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What literary device is in the following lyric?Â
“Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.” - The Beatles, "Let it Be"
What literary device is in the following lyric?
“You left me falling and landing inside my grave.”
-Juice WRLD, “Lucid Dreams”
What's the literary device in the lyrics?
“And there’s a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you, dear; Have I known you twenty seconds or twenty years?”
-Taylor Swift, “Lover”
What literary device is present in the lyrics?
“I know nobody to blame, Kurt Cobain, I did this to myself.”
-Jay Z, “Holy Grail”
What literary device is present in the lyrics?
“Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time”
-Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
What literary device is present in the lyrics?
“We were right until we weren’t
Built a home and watched it burn”
-Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”
What literary device is present in the lyrics?
“Why'd you throw them stones if you
Had a wild hair of your own or two?
Livin' in your big glass house with a view
I thought you knew.”
-Post Malone, “I had some help”
What literary device is present in the lyrics?
"Hey yo, I’m just like my country
I’m young, scrappy and hungry
And I’m not throwing away my shot"
- Lin Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
What is the literary device in the song?
"Fear’s got a hold on me.”Â
-Drake, "Fear"
What literary device is present in the lyrics?
“We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl.”
-Pink Floyd, “Wish You Were Here”
What literary device is present?
“And when I hurt, hurting runs off my shoulders.”
Neil Diamond, “Sweet Caroline”
What literary device is present?
“And, if you don’t know, now you know, Mr. President”
-Lin Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
What devices are present?
“Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down”
-Katy Perry, “Hot n Cold”
What devices are present?
“Familiarity breeds contempt
Don’t put me in the basement/When I want the penthouse of your heart”
-Taylor Swift, “Bejeweled”
What devices are present?
“I’m gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket.”
-Fergie, “Big Girls Don’t Cry”
What devices are present?
“Baby, don't you know?
That you're my golden hour
The color of my sky
You've set my world on fire”
-Kacey Musgraves, “Golden Hour”
What devices are present?
“Eres mi alma, eres mi cielo.”
(“You are my soul; you are my heaven.”)
-Aron y su grupo ilusion, “Todo me gusta de ti”
What device is present?
“Seven years, I’ve been swimmin’ with the sharks now.”
-The Weeknd, “Heartless”
What is the device present?
"Head under water and they tell me
To breathe easy for a while
The breathing gets harder, even I know that"
-Sara Bareilles, "Love Song"
What device is present?
"I feel so much lighter like a feather with you off my mind (ah)
Floating through the memories like whatever, you're a waste of time (ah)"
- Sabrina Carpenter, "Feather"
