Sara+Teasdale+Songs 

purple **: personification** red **: simile** blue **: metaphor** orange **: hyperbole** green **: repetition**

Ed Sheeran - Grade 8 (compared to //A Winter Night//)
My mind is a warrior My heart is a foreigner My eyes are the colour of red like a sunset (comparing eyes to a color, so he is giving the listening something to compare to) I'll never keep it bottled up And left to the hands of the coroner Be a true heart not a follower We're not done yet And I see it in your movements tonight If we should ever do this right I'm never gonna let you down Oh I'll never let you down Now keep it on the down low And I'll keep you around so I'll know That I'll never let you down I'll never let you down You're strumming on my heart strings  Like you were a grade 8 but I never felt this way I'll pick your feet up off of the ground And never ever let you down Now you're strumming on my heart strings <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Like you were a grade 8 but I never felt this way <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'll pick your feet up off of the ground <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">And never ever let you down, down <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">My eyes are a river filler  This drink is a liver killer ** (even the the drink may harm him, it wont physically stab his liver or anything like that. This is used to basically describe what he's drinking: alcohol) **  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> My chest is a pillow for your weary head to lay to rest again <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Your body is my ballpoint pen <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">And your mind is my new best friend <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Your eyes are the mirror to take me to the edge again <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Now I see it in your movements tonight <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">If we should ever do this right <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm never gonna let you down <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Oh I'll never let you down <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">We'll keep it on the down low <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">And I'll keep you around so I'll know <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">That I'll never let you down <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'll never let you down <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">You're strumming on my heart strings <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Like you were a grade 8 but I never felt this way <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'll pick your feet up off of the ground <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">And never ever let you down <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">You're strumming on my heart strings <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Like you were a grade 8 but I never felt this way <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'll pick your feet up off of the ground <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">And never ever let you down Hold my heart to stop me bleeding now, now, now And I'll never let you down Hold my heart to stop me bleeding now, now, now And I'll never let you down Hold my heart to stop me bleeding now, now, now And I'll never let you down Hold my heart to stop me bleeding now, now, now And I'll never let you down (repetitiveness brings emphasis to this phrase; it makes it important)

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">'Cause you're strumming on my heart strings <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Like you were a grade 8 but I never felt this way <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'll pick your feet up off of the ground <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">And never ever let you down <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">You're strumming on my heart strings <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Like you were a grade 8 but I never felt this way <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'll pick your feet up off of the ground <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">And never ever let you down <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">**Black Sabbath - War Pigs (compared to //After//** **//Love//)**
<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #474747; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Generals gathered in their masses Just like witches at black masses **(giving the listener an image in their head, and also making the generals sound evil)** <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px;"> Evil minds that plot destruction Sorcerers of death's construction In the fields the bodies burning As the war machine keeps turning Death and hatred to mankind Poisoning their brainwashed minds **(death and hatred doesn't physically poison, and this is used to say that these things [death and hatred] are bad and cause us pain)** <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px;"> Oh lord yeah!

<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px;">Politicians hide themselves away They only started the war Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the poor

<span style="color: #474747; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Time will tell on their power minds <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #474747; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Making war just for fun  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #474747; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Treating people just like pawns in chess  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #474747; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Wait 'til their judgement day comes  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #474747; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Yeah! Now in darkness world stops turning <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #474747; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Ashes where the bodies burning  <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">No more war pigs have the power **(comparing the people on top or in charge "war pigs" makes them sound like this is all they like to do and gives them a bad image)**  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #474747; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Hand of God has struck the hour  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #474747; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Day of judgement, God is calling  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #474747; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">On their knees the war pig's crawling  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #474747; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Begging mercy for their sins <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px;">Satan laughing spreads his wings <span style="color: #474747; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Oh lord yeah! <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> ==<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #474747; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">**Franz Ferdinand - This Fire** **(compared to //May Day//)** == <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Eyes, boring a way to me <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Paralyze, controlling completely  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Now there is a fire in me  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">A fire that burns This fire is out of control <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">This fire is out of control  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city This fire is out of control <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m gonna burn this city, burn this city  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">This fire is out of control  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm gonna burn it, I'll burn it,  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> I'll, I'll, I'll burn it down Eyes, burning a way through me **(eyes can't really burn through people, and this used to describe how that person's eyes made him feel vulnerable or if they are his eyes, powerful [depends on how you take the song] )** <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Overwhelm, destroying so sweetly   Now there is a fire in me (saying how strongly he feels)  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">A fire that burns This fire is out of control I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city This fire is out of control <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city ** <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">(creates rhythm in the song and shows listener how serious the singer is)  ** <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> This fire is out of control <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">This fire is out of control  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">And I'm, I'm out of control and I burn Oh, how I burn for you <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Burn, oh, how I burn for you  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Burn, how I burn  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">How I burn, oh, how I This fire is out of control  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">This fire is out of control  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city This fire is out of control <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">This fire is out of control  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm gonna burn it, I'll burn it,  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I'll, I'll, I'll burn it down