Stereo Love Rhetorical Devices

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The first lyrics that I’ve chosen is from the pop song “Stereo Love.” It was released in 2009, by Romanian DJ Edward Maya, ft Vika Jigulina. The words that carry the most importance and reoccur are love and heart. Stereo love is a love and dance song, and it’s extremely upbeat and emotional. Due to these reasons, the words heart and love carry much importance. The word order could be taken as very ordinary, however the phrases are unexpected. Despite the song being in english, it’s not english native which makes the word choice very different and interested. For example, the lyrics in some lines are, “I need you more than air when I'm not with you”, and “Can you get to my thought?” The song doesn’t use conventional syntax, which in return makes the lyrics more addictive along with the music. The lines “your smile is a beautiful lie” and “I can fix all those lies” contain irony and personification in a way. How can a smile be a lie? And how can one fix lies? These questions could pop up if one was studying the lyrics of these particular song. However, the listeners pay less attention to the lyrics and just enjoy whatever the lyrics contain. The imagery in the lyrics is also used in a very creative way. The imagery in the song includes human interaction. Some examples of the imagery from the song would be, “my heart is in pain but I'm smiling for you”, and “when I see you baby, I just don't want to let go.” …show more content…

hip hop song “Six Paths.” It was released in 2006 by Santan Dave. The most important word in the lyrics is Path, because it refers to all the ways he’s life could’ve ended up. The story of how Dave grew up is embedded in this lyrically strong song. Words like feds have a negative connotation in the song. The word order is somewhat rhythmic, however, mostly conventional. The perfect example of this would be this

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