Rhetorical Figure
Unlock Love's Code: Embrace Rhetorical Figures in John Grant's Melodic Ode
Lyrics
Some people like alliteration
Expressing a preference for assonance over alliteration.
But I've always been an assonance man
Continuing the preference for assonance and emphasizing personal choice.
Some people like to go on vacation
Contrasting with people who enjoy vacations, the speaker declines and focuses on conjugation.
I decline and conjugate therefore
Emphasizing the speaker's existence through grammatical conjugation.
I am
Reiterating the speaker's self-awareness and presence.
Essen-ab-Gegessen
German verbs with their conjugations, possibly highlighting linguistic elements.
Flechten-floght-gefloghten
-Gieben-goss-gegossen
-Klingen-klang-geklungen
-Helfen-half-geholfen
-If you want to get with me
Setting a condition for a romantic connection, requiring a rhetorical figure.
You better have a rhetorical figure
Repeating the importance of possessing a rhetorical figure for romantic interest.
A rhetorical figure
-If you want to get up on this
-You better have a rhetorical figure
-A rhetorical figure
-Rhetorical figure (rhetorical figure)
Repetition emphasizing the central theme of a rhetorical figure.
Rhetorical figure (rhetorical figure)
-Epizeuxis
Repetition of "Epizeuxis," a figure of speech, possibly implying its frequent use.
Epizeuxis
-Epizeuxis
-Epizeuxis
-We use it a lot, but the spellimh kind of spooks us
Expressing discomfort or fear regarding the frequent use of a specific type of spell.
Your constant employment of analogy
Acknowledging the speaker's attraction to the constant use of analogy.
Is a turn on that is certainly not
-Lost on me
-If you want to get with me
Reiterating the requirement of a rhetorical figure for romantic involvement.
You better have a rhetorical figure
-A rhetorical figure
-If you want to get up on this
-You better have a rhetorical figure
-A rhetorical figure
-Rhetorical figure (rhetorical figure)
-Rhetorical figure (rhetorical figure)
-You're an expert when it comes to using
Appreciating expertise in using paraprosdokians, aposiopesis, and antirrhesis.
Paraprosdokians
-Unlike so many of your fellow Americans
-I love the way you use
-Aposiopesis
-Much more than when you make use of
-Antirrhesis
-If you want to get with me
Emphasizing the need for a rhetorical figure for romantic engagement and truth-seeking.
You better have a rhetorical figure
-A rhetorical figure
-If you want to get up on this
-You better have a rhetorical figure
-A rhetorical figure
-If you want to know the truth
-I prefer a rhetorical figure
-A rhetorical figure
-If you want to get up on this
-You better have a rhetorical figure
-A rhetorical figure
-Rhetorical figure (rhetorical figure)
Repetition underscoring the importance of a rhetorical figure.
Rhetorical figure (rhetorical figure)
-So many people chasing
Expressing a preference for onomatopoeias over the pursuit of money (Sacagaweas).
Sacagaweas
-Me I'd rather have a bunch of
-Onomatopoeias, baby
-Wap, splat
Listing onomatopoeic words, possibly for their expressive and immediate qualities.
Gurgle, gurgle
-Wap, splat
-Gurgle, gurgle
-Whap, splat
-Gurgle, gurgle
-Wap, splat
-Gurgle, gurgle
Concluding with a repetition of onomatopoeic words.
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