Figurative Language In The End

Elements of poetry is a set of instruments used to create a poem. In this case, we used these elements to create productive songs. The song The End uses rhyme which is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words. An example is presented in the second stanza in lines four and six, “You were the sun,” “My hands were your guns.” Rhyme is applied in these lines to support why he admires the woman. Assonance is the partial rhyme which has the same internal vowel sounds amongst different words. In The End, the fourth stanza consists assonance from the words “lies” and “tried.” This helps present the reasons why the woman couldn’t love the man due to countless lies and trying to believe it. A refrain is a repeated part of a poem, when it comes either at the end of a stanza or between two stanzas. The third stanza is repeated three times throughout the song, “And I knew you could

You can never reach. But can I still keep a place in your heart.” A refrain helps identify the truth of both people’s unwieldiness to love with all their strength and heart. A language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation is referred as figurative language. This literature language is used throughout the song The End which helps add the exaggeration in each line. Personification is when something that is not human I given human-like qualities. In stanzas nine and ten, “Hands from the sky swat us away like flies,” is an example of personification. This interprets that the lives of the man and woman ended quickly without warning. Sound elements are used to convey and reinforce the meaning or experience of poetry through the skillful use of sound. Consonance is one out of numbers of sound devices and means a pleasing combination of sounds, agreeing with tone. The sixth stanza holds a consonant “I set our house on fire to watch it burn” using “fire” and “burn” as exploiting the disaster of destructive