Last Christmas Literary Devices

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In Taylor Swift’s remake of “Last Christmas” she tells her story of betrayal and the hurt she feels after finally opening her heart to someone, just for them to cheat on her. The hurt and deception she was confronted with broke her down to the point where she couldn’t even look or see him face to face. She shares her mix of emotions between being angry at how easy he got over her after cheating and sad because he left her for someone new. This song paints a masterpiece of how painful your actions could be on someone else, with all of the hyperboles and idioms it uses. Taylor Swift’s theme is carried throughout the whole song due to the deep and twisted literary devices used. Firstly, she sings, “A face on a lover with a fire in his heart.”