Lyrical Tool Box

Lyrics in Songwriting Example: n/a
Songwriting Tools: Metaphor, Simile, Alliteration, Assonance, Colloquialism, Question

Just a quick recap of some useful lyrics writing tools discussed so far:

Metaphor: a figure of speech containing an implied comparison between two or more seemingly unrelated subjects. (i.e. the curtain of night, all the world’s a stage) (see Assonance, Similes and Metaphorically Speaking Lyrics in Songwriting Blog for examples)

Simile: a figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another dissimilar thing typically marked by the use of “like”, “as” or “than” (i.e. the snow was as thick as a blanket, madder than a bull) (see Assonance, Similes and Metaphorically Speaking Lyrics in Songwriting Blog for examples)

Alliteration: a literary device in which the same sound appears at the beginning of two or more consecutive words. (i.e. Time After Time, High Hopes, Bell Bottom Blues). (see Are You Alliterate? Lyrics in Songwriting Blog)

Assonance: Likeness of sound as in a series of words or syllables. (see Assonance, Similes and Metaphorically Speaking Lyrics in Songwriting Blog for examples)

Colloquialism: familiar expressions; phrases or idioms characteristic of informal speech (i.e. now or never, your place or mine, sooner or later) (note: idiom = language or dialect of a people) (see Colloquialisms...Doin' What Comes Naturally Lyrics in Songwriting Blog for examples)

Question: inquiry (i.e. this time we almost made it, didn't we?) (See Didn't We? Lyrics in Songwriting Blog for examples)