Alanis Morissette Literary Devices

Many individuals would believe the song Ironic by Alanis Morissette would have an immense amount of irony throughout the song, it has been a major discussion many years now on whether it has irony within it. With hours of research, it is believed that the song Ironic indeed has no irony within its lyrics. Although, it consists of many figures of speech. Morissette uses different instances of literary devices throughout the song such as metaphor, simile, alliteration, sensory detail, and imagery. In this song, Morissette is telling listeners about different instances in which she claimed were ironic, although they actually were just plain bad luck. The whole song and theme is a metaphor of life and all that goes on throughout life. Alanis was born on June 1, 1974 in Ottawa, Canada. At the age of six she had learned the piano. At the age of 7 she began composing. At the age of

While the whole song could be identified as a metaphor about life and the encounterments humans will go through during one’s life. Simile is found within the chorus mainly, ‘It’s like rain on your wedding day,” which is comparing how rain on a wedding day is incredibly rare and unlucky. Another use of simile is when Morissette says, ‘It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.” Exemplifying the differences in what each utensil would be used for and how they are polar opposites. Within the lyrics, “It's a death row pardon two minutes too late,” alliteration can also be found within the song. She uses alliteration by stressing the end of the verse with t’s. “It's a black fly in your Chardonnay,” demonstrates imagery since the reader can visualize a gross and annoying black fly in what is a fancy wine. Although this song doesn’t include any irony, it consists of many stories within itself, which Morissette used literary devices to elucidate the