Figurative Language In Red By Taylor Swift

“Red” by Taylor Swift is a song that dramatizes the intensity of love. Throughout the song the speaker addresses how their passionate love will never be forgotten. She also states how there are amazing, but also bad parts of the relationship, making the song ambiguous. This is expressed by using forms of figurative language such as similes and colors. Colors often remind a person of a certain season, object, or emotion, so colors are important in the song to give an effect on the emotions in the relationship. Throughout the poem, similes are used to express the intensity of her love. For instance, the speaker states, ”Loving him was like driving a new Maserati/ down a dead end street” (lines 1-2). This quote is comparing her love to something

This simile shows how the love that she had was so intense, that it was almost a sin. The speaker also states, “Loving him is like trying to change your/ mind once you're already flying through the/ free fall” (lines 5-7). This is the speakers way of saying through figurative language that it is impossible to stop loving the person once she fell in love. She also states, “Like the colors in autumn, so bright just/ before they lose it all” (lines 8-9). The speaker connects how her love was so amazing and bright, like the leaves on the trees, to the leaves dying, like her relationship being over. She also says, “Forgetting him was like trying to know/ someone you never met” (lines 12-13). This quote suggests that she will never forget about her love because it's impossible to do, like knowing a stranger. Another simile is, “Touching him is like realizing all you ever/ wanted was right there in

For example, the speak states, “Losing him was blue like I'd never known”(line 10). This is using the color blue to create a mood of sadness and shows that the speaker had never felt the amount of pain that she did. Likewise, “Missing him was dark grey all alone” (line 11) represents her loneliness without her love because of the use of grey, which is often associated with sadness and loneliness. On the contrary, the speaker states, “But loving him was red” (line 14). This juxtaposes that even though she felt great pain, it was worth it because of the intense passion which is represented by the color