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46 entriesFigurative Language
Imagery
42 songsFolklore · 27 The Tortured Poets Department · 26Metaphor
40 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 50 Evermore · 21Extended metaphor
18 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 8 Evermore · 3Simile
17 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 8 1989 · 5Personification
14 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 8 Folklore · 3Hyperbole
13 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 6 Folklore · 6Paradox
8 songsEvermore · 2 1989 · 2Kenning
1 songLanguage & Diction
Twisted cliché
28 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 16 Evermore · 10Diction
13 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 7 Folklore · 4Deixis
2 songsMidnights · 1 Folklore · 1Syntactic inversion
2 songsReputation · 1 Folklore · 1Narrative Device
Narrative reversal
17 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 7 Midnights · 2Dramatic monologue
11 songsFolklore · 5 Evermore · 3Cinematic structure
5 songsFolklore · 2 Red (Taylor's Version) · 1In medias res
4 songsEvermore · 2 Fearless · 1Indirect characterisation
4 songsFolklore · 2 Lover · 1Non-chronological narrative
4 songsEvermore · 2 Folklore · 2Foreshadowing
3 songsMidnights · 2 The Life of a Showgirl · 1Inclusio
2 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 1 Folklore · 1Recursive structure
2 songsMidnights · 1 Folklore · 1Conditional structure
1 songIndirect discourse
1 songNarrative layering
1 songRhetorical Device
Double entendre
35 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 33 Midnights · 14Juxtaposition
34 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 19 Folklore · 12Structural ambiguity
31 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 15 Folklore · 11Irony
28 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 13 Folklore · 11Allusion
24 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 23 Folklore · 8Parallelism
13 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 4 Evermore · 3Epiphora
11 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 5 Midnights · 1Anaphora
10 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 5 Folklore · 3Apostrophe
9 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 3 Folklore · 3Epizeuxis
4 songsFolklore · 4 Evermore · 1Rhetorical negation
3 songsEvermore · 1 The Tortured Poets Department · 1Synecdoche
3 songsEvermore · 1 Speak Now · 1Apophasis
2 songsFolklore · 1 The Tortured Poets Department · 1Aphorism
1 songPolysyndeton
1 songSound Device
Rhyme scheme
35 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 22 Folklore · 8Alliteration
25 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 18 Evermore · 12Caesura
18 songsMidnights · 7 The Tortured Poets Department · 3Metre
15 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 5 The Life of a Showgirl · 3Assonance
10 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 7 Folklore · 2Monosyllabic line
2 songsMidnights · 2 Folklore · 1Onomatopoeia
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