Rock
"Where do we go now? What do we do now?"
Repetition - Sweet Child of Mine - Guns N' Roses
"I'm a lyrical assassin, a verbal karate master"
Metaphor - Here Comes the Hotstepper - Wu Tang Clan
"You're a sunflower, I think your love would be too much"
Metaphor - Sunflower - Post Malone
You're movin' just like a degenerate, every antic is feelin' distasteful
Simile - Euphoria - Kendrick Lamar
If you could rule it all, what would you do?
Would you be so bold and make it new?
Would you take all the grey and paint it blue?
Rhetorical question - In Colour - Shapeshifter
"Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try."
Imperative - Imagine - John Lennon
"The streets are talkin', the streets are hot"
Personification - California Love - 2Pac and Dr. Dre
"I look around and
Sin City's cold and empty"
Allusion - Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
But what about your quiet treason?
Rhetorical question - Fortnite - Taylor Swift
Rain fall from concrete colored skies
Metaphor/Alliteration - Drive - Bic Runga
"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave."
Paradox - Hotel California - The Eagles
I'm tired of jobs startin' off
at $5.50 an hour, then this boss wonders why I'm smartin' off
I'm tired of bein' fired every time I fart and cough
Tired of havin' to work as a gas station clerk
For this jerk, breathin' down my neck, drivin' me berserk
I'm tired of usin' plastic silverware
Tired of workin' at Builder's Square
Tired of not bein' a millionaire
Anaphora - If I had - Eminem
I could dance like Michael Jackson
I could give you satisfaction
Anaphora - Toosie Slide - Drake
And I'm split in half, but that'll have to do
Colloquial Language - Stick Season - Noah Kahan
The finger of blame has turned upon itself
Syncedoche- Fall at your feet - Cyril
"I'm gonna build a wall"
Metaphor - Wonderwall - Oasis
"F*** the police"
Dysphemism - F*** the Police - N.W.A.
Bring a bucket and a mop for this
Dysphemism - WAP - Nikki Minaj
She's the headlights, I'm the deer
Metaphor - Lunch - Billie Eilish
So sit, and wait, and bend, and break.
The rise, and fall, just you, that's all.
Polysyndeton - Home again - Shihad
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Anaphora/Repetition - Every Breath you take - The Police
"Since we all came from a woman
got our name from a woman
and our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
why we rape our women
do we hate our women?
Epistrophe - Keep ya Head Up- Tupac
Water like misery
It's coming down on me
Rain on me, tsunami
Tautology - Rain on Me - Ariana Grande & Lady Gaga
Thou shall not lie, thou shall not cheat
Thou shall not get caught or you'll end up just like me, oh
Allusion / Anaphora - Karma - Jojo Siwa
Te poi patua
Taku poi patua
Kia rite pa-para patua
Epistrophe - Poi-e - Pātea Māori Club