Literary Devices
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68 entriesFigurative Language
- Imagery58 songsfolklore · 49 The Tortured Poets Department · 28
- Metaphor55 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 54 folklore · 51
- Personification31 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 9 folklore · 8
- Extended metaphor28 songsfolklore · 9 The Tortured Poets Department · 8
- Hyperbole27 songsfolklore · 16 The Tortured Poets Department · 8
- Simile27 songsfolklore · 10 The Tortured Poets Department · 9
- Paradox18 songsfolklore · 12 1989 · 3
- Kenning1 song
- Synaesthesia1 song
Language & Diction
- Twisted cliché48 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 17 folklore · 12
- Diction27 songsfolklore · 20 The Tortured Poets Department · 9
- Imperative11 songsfolklore · 4 The Tortured Poets Department · 2
- Temporal deixis9 songsfolklore · 4 Speak Now · 2
- Syntactic inversion4 songsfolklore · 2 reputation · 1
- Deixis3 songsfolklore · 2 Midnights · 1
Narrative Device
- Metapoetry27 songsSpeak Now · 6 The Tortured Poets Department · 6
- Narrative reversal18 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 7 Midnights · 3
- Dramatic monologue15 songsfolklore · 7 evermore · 3
- Foreshadowing9 songsMidnights · 4 folklore · 2
- Economy of language7 songsfolklore · 3 Midnights · 1
- Inclusio7 songsfolklore · 4 The Tortured Poets Department · 2
- Indeterminate ending7 songsfolklore · 3 evermore · 1
- Non-chronological narrative7 songsfolklore · 3 evermore · 2
- Volta7 songsfolklore · 4 1989 · 2
- Cinematic structure6 songsfolklore · 3 Red (Taylor's Version) · 1
- In medias res6 songsevermore · 2 folklore · 2
- Indirect characterisation5 songsfolklore · 2 Lover · 1
- Conditional structure4 songsMidnights · 3 folklore · 2
- Indirect discourse3 songsSpeak Now · 2 Midnights · 1
- Recursive structure3 songsfolklore · 2 Midnights · 1
- Anagnorisis2 songsNon-Album Songs · 1 Speak Now · 1
- Narrative layering2 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 1 folklore · 1
- Epistolary1 song
- Polyphonic storytelling1 song
Rhetorical Device
- Double entendre51 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 40 folklore · 28
- Juxtaposition50 songsfolklore · 29 The Tortured Poets Department · 20
- Irony42 songsfolklore · 24 The Tortured Poets Department · 13
- Structural ambiguity35 songsfolklore · 22 The Tortured Poets Department · 8
- Allusion33 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 24 folklore · 16
- Parallelism29 songsfolklore · 14 The Tortured Poets Department · 7
- Anaphora19 songsfolklore · 9 The Tortured Poets Department · 5
- Apostrophe13 songsfolklore · 6 The Tortured Poets Department · 3
- Epiphora13 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 5 folklore · 2
- Epizeuxis12 songsfolklore · 12 1989 · 3
- Synecdoche12 songsfolklore · 7 evermore · 2
- Metonymy6 songsMidnights · 2 Red · 1
- Revisionist allusion6 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 3 Fearless · 1
- Ellipsis5 songsfolklore · 4 The Tortured Poets Department · 2
- Rhetorical negation5 songsfolklore · 2 evermore · 1
- Understatement5 songsfolklore · 3 1989 · 1
- Aphorism2 songsevermore · 2 folklore · 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
- Litotes1 song
- Parataxis1 song
- Tautology1 song
Sound Device
- Rhyme scheme49 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 24 folklore · 17
- Alliteration38 songsfolklore · 24 The Tortured Poets Department · 18
- Caesura27 songsfolklore · 12 Midnights · 8
- Metre20 songsfolklore · 7 The Tortured Poets Department · 6
- Assonance19 songsfolklore · 9 The Tortured Poets Department · 7
- Homophone17 songsfolklore · 5 The Tortured Poets Department · 4
- Enjambment5 songsfolklore · 3 Non-Album Songs · 1
- Monosyllabic line5 songsfolklore · 3 Midnights · 2
- Oronym4 songsfolklore · 2 The Tortured Poets Department · 1
- Onomatopoeia2 songsThe Tortured Poets Department · 1 1989 · 1