Figures of Speech in Adele's Song

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In the song Rolling in The Deep, there are 28 poems. The poems contain 15 figures of speech: seven metaphors, four personifications, three hyperboles and one synecdoche.

1.      Metaphor

a.       There’s a fire starting in my heart

The word fire is a symbol of anger

b.      Reaching a fever pitch, it’s bringing me out the dark

The word it refers to fever pitch. It means that by doing many activities, the singer can forget all of the problems. The word the dark means problem.

c.       Finally, I can see you crystal clear

Crystal clear means she can see who really the man is.

d.      Go a head and sell me out and I’ll lay your ship bare

Sell me out means she feels like he betrayed her trust by hurting her. I’ll lay your ship bare means she is ready to be honest about who really he really is.

e.       Rolling in the deep

It symbolized deep feeling

f.       Turn my sorrow into treasured gold

Treasured gold symbolized happiness.

g.      Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep.

The tears are gonna fall means crying.

2.      Personification

a.       The scars of your love remind me of us

The scars are made by having a life. It has been given by human quality of reminding.

b.      They keep me thinking that we almost had it all.

They refer to the scars. It is made like having a life by human quality of keeping me of thinking.

c.       The scars of your love, they leave me breathless.

The word they refer to the scars. It is made by having a life and intelligence that can make a pain.

d.      I can not help feeling

Feeling is an inanimate object but it is made like having alive by saying the feeling needs help.

3.      Hyperbole

a.       And I’m gonna make your head burn.

The word your head burn is too much over. In the fact, she doesn’t burn his head, she just wants to make his boyfriend angry.

b.      Throw your soul through every open door.

It is too much over because soul can not be threw.

c.       Count your blessing to find what you look for.

The lyric is too much over because blessing can not be counted. It just wants to emphasize that how much the man pray to the god.

4.      Synecdoche

a.       Baby, I have no story to be hold.

Baby means sweetheart not the name of little child.