Literary Devices
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66 entriesFigurative Language
- Imagery52 songsFolklore · 36 The Tortured Poets Department · 28
- Metaphor49 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 54 Folklore · 21
- Personification28 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 9 Midnights · 5
- Simile25 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 9 Folklore · 7
- Extended metaphor23 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 8 Folklore · 4
- Hyperbole22 songsFolklore · 10 The Tortured Poets Department · 8
- Paradox12 songs1989 · 3 Evermore · 2
- Kenning1 song
Language & Diction
- Twisted cliché40 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 16 Evermore · 10
- Diction21 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 9 Folklore · 9
- Imperative9 songsFolklore · 2 The Tortured Poets Department · 2
- Temporal deixis9 songsFolklore · 4 Speak Now · 2
- Syntactic inversion3 songsReputation · 1 Folklore · 1
- Deixis2 songsMidnights · 1 Folklore · 1
Narrative Device
- Metapoetry24 songsSpeak Now · 6 The Tortured Poets Department · 6
- Narrative reversal18 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 7 Midnights · 3
- Dramatic monologue13 songsFolklore · 5 Evermore · 3
- Foreshadowing7 songsMidnights · 4 The Life of a Showgirl · 1
- Indeterminate ending7 songsFolklore · 3 Evermore · 1
- Cinematic structure6 songsFolklore · 3 Red (Taylor's Version) · 1
- Non-chronological narrative6 songsEvermore · 2 Folklore · 2
- Economy of language5 songsMidnights · 1 1989 · 1
- In medias res5 songsEvermore · 2 Fearless · 1
- Inclusio4 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 2 Folklore · 1
- Indirect characterisation4 songsFolklore · 2 Lover · 1
- Indirect discourse3 songsSpeak Now · 2 Midnights · 1
- Volta3 songs1989 · 2 Non-Album Songs · 1
- Anagnorisis2 songsNon-Album Songs · 1 Speak Now · 1
- Conditional structure2 songs
- Recursive structure2 songsMidnights · 1 Folklore · 1
- Epistolary1 song
- Narrative layering1 song
- Polyphonic storytelling1 song
Rhetorical Device
- Double entendre45 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 38 Midnights · 17
- Juxtaposition44 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 20 Folklore · 17
- Irony36 songsFolklore · 15 The Tortured Poets Department · 13
- Structural ambiguity30 songsFolklore · 13 The Tortured Poets Department · 8
- Allusion27 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 24 Midnights · 10
- Parallelism23 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 7 Folklore · 7
- Anaphora14 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 5 1989 · 3
- Epiphora13 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 5 Folklore · 2
- Apostrophe11 songsFolklore · 4 The Tortured Poets Department · 3
- Epizeuxis9 songsFolklore · 8 1989 · 3
- Synecdoche8 songsEvermore · 2 The Tortured Poets Department · 2
- Metonymy6 songsMidnights · 2 Red · 1
- Revisionist allusion6 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 3 Fearless · 1
- Rhetorical negation3 songsEvermore · 1 The Tortured Poets Department · 1
- Apophasis2 songsFolklore · 1 The Tortured Poets Department · 1
- Polyptoton2 songs1989 · 1 The Tortured Poets Department · 1
- Polysyndeton2 songs
- Tricolon2 songsRed · 1 The Tortured Poets Department · 1
- Aphorism1 song
- Ellipsis1 song
- Litotes1 song
- Parataxis1 song
- Tautology1 song
Sound Device
- Rhyme scheme44 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 23 Folklore · 12
- Alliteration32 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 18 Folklore · 14
- Caesura23 songsMidnights · 8 Folklore · 5
- Metre18 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 6 Folklore · 5
- Assonance15 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 7 Folklore · 4
- Homophone15 songsFolklore · 4 The Tortured Poets Department · 4
- Monosyllabic line4 songsMidnights · 2 Folklore · 2
- Enjambment3 songsNon-Album Songs · 1 Speak Now · 1
- Oronym3 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 1 Folklore · 1
- Onomatopoeia2 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 1 1989 · 1