Not Literally
Though the song lyrics have nothing specific to do with Spongebob Squarepants, the title of the Ice Spice song "Bikini Bottom" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is an allusion?
Oedipus is an example of this character in a tragedy.
What is a tragic hero/protagonist?
What are 14 lines?
The author is very particular about diction, use of figurative language and lots of other things in order to make sure you understand this - their attitude about the topic of their writing.
What is tone?
It's a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
"I'm only going once, a coward dies a thousand times," rapped Killer Mike in his 2012 song "Untitled," which is an example of this figurative language.
What is hyperbole?
Some might argue that it's Creon. Some might say Teiresias. But either way, they are the main opponents of Oedipus and could be referred to as this.
What is an antagonist?
Petrarch, the inventor of the sonnet form, divided his poems up into these sets of 8 and 6 lines.
What are octaves and sestets?
"It seems like a perfect night to go to the theatre," said Mary Todd Lincoln to her husband Abraham. But we know better. That's why this is an example of this literary device.
What is dramatic irony?
Verbs can fall into one of these two categories - one shows things happening, the other connects information.
What are action and linking verbs?
While the band Toto is clearly making allusions when they sing "As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti" in their song "Africa," it's also an example of this figurative language.
What is a simile?
In Ancient Greek plays, this group usually came out to talk about the previous scene in a part called an ode.
What is a chorus?
Shakespeare modified the sonnet form in the 1500s by dividing the poem into sets of 4 lines called this.
What is a quatrain?
The main message or idea of a story, play, poem or any piece of fiction is called this.
What is a theme?
This part of speech modifies nouns or pronouns.
What is an adjective?
Canadian band The Weakerthans released the song "Plea From a Cat Named Virtue" in 2002. Considering the song is written in first person, you probably don't even need the lyrics to name the figurative language it uses.
What is personification?
It's typically hubris - excessive pride - but it could also be anger or ego or an unwillingness to listen.
What is a tragic flaw?
What is a couplet?
Helen Keller made an allusion to the owner of Mjolnier in her "View from the Empire State Building." The dwarves in Norse mythology who built it for him might have been surprised.
Who is Thor?
This part of speech helps show the relation between sets of words.
What is a preposition?
"Well you wish upon a star that turned into a plane," sang the Replacements in their 1987 song "Valentine." This comparison between putting your faith in one thing only to find out it's something else is an example of this kind of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
Aristotle wouldn't have considered a servant an example of a tragic hero because his definition of a tragedy says those heroes are this kind of person.
What is a person of high rank/high in society?
The shift from the question or problem to the answer or solution is called this.
What is a turn?
Jorge Luis Borges was from Argentina, a country that lies on this continent.
What is South America?
Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, and this other part of speech.
What are adverbs?