This document discusses various literary devices used in songwriting such as slant rhyme, repetition, end rhyme, internal rhyme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, and imagery involving the five senses. It provides examples of these devices from lyrics about a man struggling with heartbreak over a past relationship and unable to forget his memories of his ex-girlfriend.

2.  Slant Rhyme
 Repetition
 End Rhyme
 Internal Rhyme
 Alliteration
 Assonance
 Consonance
 Onomatopoeia
 Refrain/Chorus

3. “And then I end up in a bottle screaming out
your name.”
“Punching the walls, carrying on like I‟ve
gone insane.”
-The reason why this is a slant rhyme, is
because „name‟ and „insane‟ rhyme.

4.  “It‟s got me pouring up another drink.”
 “It‟s killing me baby.”
 The reason why this is repetition, is
because these lines our repeated
numerous times.

5. (Using like or as)
 “When it‟s coming on strong like a
hurricane.”
 “Bourbons hitting me hard like a freight
train.”
The reason why these two sentences are similes
is because there comparing two things, with
the world like.

6.  “How can love like that just up and walk
away?”
This is an example of personification
because love can‟t just walk away.

7.  Touch
 Feel
 Smell
 Taste
 Hear

8. “And I remember you
saying, “Baby, please don‟t give up on
me.”
This is imagery because „hearing; is one of the 5
senses. In this song, the guy talks about how he can
remember hearing the girl say those words above.

9.  “In the mirror, I can see the man who just
shook his head, for no more.”
This is an example of the 5
senses, visualizing. He can see himself in the
mirror.

10.  “And turning the page.”
 “With my back against the wall, or on my
knees.”
 These are both examples of touch imagery
because he is feeling something in both of
these sentences.

11. I found a box of memories, read a letter.
Dropped a tear where you signed your name,
Smearing the ink in the „love always.‟
Girl, I always start this way,
And then I end up in a bottle screaming out your name,
Punching the walls, carrying on like I‟ve gone insane.
And in the mirror, I can see the man who just shook his head, for no more.
Watching an angel cry her tears, stepping over my beers, as you walked out the
door.
And there ain‟t nothing like a memory, when it‟s coming on strong like a hurricane
How can love like that just up and walk away? It‟s killing me baby,
It‟s got me pourin‟ up another drink, bourbons hitting me hard like a freight train
With my back against the wall, or on my knees
When the worst of your memory, gets the best of me.
Well, I remember it all too well, riding 441 down to Milledgeville,
Crossing the bridge, as the sun set on Lake Sinclair.
I couldn‟t wait to see you smile,
But all I saw were tears in your pretty eyes, and that said it all, It was all downhill
from there.
And I remember you saying, “baby please don‟t give up on me.”
Oh baby, this stubborn man is gonna lie in the bed he made.

12. „Cause there ain‟t nothing like a memory, when it‟s coming off strong like a
hurricane.
How can love like that just up and walk away? It‟s killing me baby,
With my back against the wall, or on my knees
When the worst of your memory, gets the best of me.
It‟s got me pourin‟ up another drink, bourbons hitting me hard like a freight train
With my back against the wall, or on my knees
When the worst of your memory, gets the best of me.
Baby there ain‟t nothing like a memory, when it‟s coming off strong like a hurricane.
How can love like that just up and walk away? Your killing me baby.
Got me pouring up another drink, Bourbons hitting me hard like a freight train.
With my back against the wall, or on my knees,
When the words of your memory gets the best of me, the best of me.

13.  This song is about a guy who loved a girl,
a lot. They split up, and he‟s heartbroken
and remembers memories from her. The
memories won‟t go away, so there
getting the best of him.