The song “Grenade” by Bruno Mars has a lot of literary devices that can be found throughout the lyrics. An example would be alliteration in the line “Had your eyes wide open, Why were they open?”. This line shows that “wide, why, and were” all start with the same letters and it makes the same sound. Hyperbole or exaggeration can also be found in the line “Gave you all I had”. That line can be considered hyperbole because the singer didn't exactly give her everything because he would have treated her right and he would not be heartbroken. Another device that can be found is a metaphor in the line that says “Tell the devil I said "Hey". In that line he is comparing the girl to being evil so that is why it is said “devil” and meant that she was