Literary Devices
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60 entriesFigurative Language
- Imagery47 songsFolklore · 27 The Tortured Poets Department · 26
- Metaphor44 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 50 Evermore · 21
- Simile21 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 8 1989 · 5
- Extended metaphor20 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 8 Evermore · 3
- Personification19 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 8 Midnights · 4
- Hyperbole18 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 6 Folklore · 6
- Paradox11 songs1989 · 3 Evermore · 2
- Kenning1 song
Language & Diction
Narrative Device
- Narrative reversal18 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 7 Midnights · 3
- Dramatic monologue11 songsFolklore · 5 Evermore · 3
- Foreshadowing7 songsMidnights · 4 The Life of a Showgirl · 1
- Cinematic structure5 songsFolklore · 2 Red (Taylor's Version) · 1
- In medias res5 songsEvermore · 2 Fearless · 1
- Economy of language4 songsMidnights · 1 1989 · 1
- Indeterminate ending4 songsEvermore · 1 1989 · 1
- Indirect characterisation4 songsFolklore · 2 Lover · 1
- Non-chronological narrative4 songsEvermore · 2 Folklore · 2
- Inclusio3 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 1 Folklore · 1
- Conditional structure2 songs
- Indirect discourse2 songsSpeak Now · 1 Midnights · 1
- Recursive structure2 songsMidnights · 1 Folklore · 1
- Volta2 songs1989 · 2 Non-Album Songs · 1
- Anagnorisis1 song
- Narrative layering1 song
Rhetorical Device
- Double entendre41 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 36 Midnights · 17
- Juxtaposition39 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 19 Folklore · 12
- Irony32 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 13 Folklore · 11
- Allusion26 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 23 Midnights · 10
- Structural ambiguity25 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 7 Folklore · 7
- Parallelism17 songsMidnights · 4 The Tortured Poets Department · 4
- Anaphora14 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 5 1989 · 3
- Epiphora12 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 5 Midnights · 1
- Apostrophe10 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 3 Folklore · 3
- Epizeuxis6 songsFolklore · 4 Non-Album Songs · 2
- Revisionist allusion6 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 3 Fearless · 1
- Synecdoche5 songsEvermore · 2 Speak Now · 1
- Metonymy3 songsMidnights · 2 Red · 1
- Rhetorical negation3 songsEvermore · 1 The Tortured Poets Department · 1
- Apophasis2 songsFolklore · 1 The Tortured Poets Department · 1
- Aphorism1 song
- Litotes1 song
- Parataxis1 song
- Polyptoton1 song
- Polysyndeton1 song
- Tautology1 song
- Tricolon1 song
Sound Device
- Rhyme scheme40 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 22 Folklore · 8
- Alliteration30 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 18 Midnights · 13
- Caesura21 songsMidnights · 8 The Tortured Poets Department · 3
- Metre15 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 5 The Life of a Showgirl · 3
- Homophone14 songsFolklore · 4 The Tortured Poets Department · 4
- Assonance12 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 7 Folklore · 2
- Monosyllabic line3 songsMidnights · 2 Folklore · 1
- Oronym3 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 1 Folklore · 1
- Onomatopoeia2 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 1 1989 · 1
- Enjambment1 song