CP Week Two: Literary Lyrics Answer Key Poetry Is Unique Because of the Wide Range of Valid Interpretations We Can All Take from Reading It
CP Week Two: Literary Lyrics Answer Key Poetry is unique because of the wide range of valid interpretations we can all take from reading it. In turn, that means there may be more than one correct answer. Some literary devices may be more prominent than others, but there may be a number of devices within one song, line, or even word. If you can correctly explain your identification of a literary device and show comprehension, then you have accurate analysis.
1. What two of this week's four literary devices are used in Ed Sheeran's "A-Team"? "But lately her face seems Slowly sinking, wasting Crumbling like pastries"
● Alliteration: “slowly sinking” -- S sound repeated in back-to-back words ● Hyperbole: Exaggerating her physical appearance ● Assonance: “face, wasting, pastries” -- the long A sounds create a pattern
2. What one of this week's four literary devices are used in Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River"? "You were my sun You were my earth But you didn't know all the ways I loved you, no"
● Metaphor - comparing the woman he loves to the sun and the earth directly ○ This is also somewhat hyperbolic
3. What one of this week's four literary devices are used in Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble"? "And he's long gone when he's next to me And I realize the blame is on me."
● Assonance: “long gone” -- the long vowel sound ● Hyperbole: exaggeration of him being long gone even though he is right beside her
4. What one of this week's four literary devices are used in Coldplay's "Viva La Vida"? "Never an honest word But that was when I ruled the world.”
● Alliteration: “[...] word, but that was when I ruled the world” ● Hyperbole: Exaggeration of the power he had