Literary And Figurative Language In Skyscraper By Demi Lovato

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The song, “Skyscraper” by Demi Lovato is a rhythmic canticle that incorporates many forms of literary and figurative language to express heartbreak. The artist sang a melody in which melancholy and pain were shown through personification, rhyme, repetition, symbolism, hyperboles, metaphors, and similes. The lyricist writes, “But I’m closer to the clouds up here,” (Lovato 1). This line in stanza five of the song, is an example of both a metaphor and symbolism. This line symbolized elation by showing that clouds were high in the sky much like the spirit of the songwriter. When clouds come to one’s mind, we picture happiness, heaven, enlightenment, and freedom. The scribe used this to symbolize her new and better life as well as emotions. This

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