This document analyzes the poetic and lyrical devices used in Adele's song "Rolling in the Deep". It identifies examples of repetition, rhyme, imagery, metaphor, personification and other literary techniques. Key refrains and the chorus are also outlined. In just 3 sentences, this document examines the various poetic elements in Adele's hit song through detailed analysis and examples.

1. By Lauren Baird
Artist: Adele

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

3. There is 2 examples of repetition in this song:
It quotes-
We could have had it all This is considered repetition because
We could have had it all it is repeating the same words 3 or 4
We could have had it all times in a row
And
But you played it,
You played it,
You played it,
You played it to the beat

4. In these lines, there is a slant rhyme
because the end of the words sound
somewhat alike.
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Making a home down there as mine sure won’t be shared

5. The chorus in this song is this:
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hand
And you played it
To the beat
This is considered the chorus because it is repeated in the song
several times and in the same way each time.

6. There is an end rhyme in this song
because the end of the words rhyme
in each line.
Throw your soul threw every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for

7. There is an internal rhyme because there is 2
words within a line that rhymes.
And you played it to the beat

8.  Simile
 Metaphor
 Personification
 Idiom
 Hyperbole
 Symbolism

9. Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
This is considered a personification because it
is turning a human like trait into something
that is not human, therefore, it is considered
a personification.

10. I’m gonna make your head burn
This is a metaphor because they do not say like
or as in it but they are comparing someone’s
head to fire.

11. There’s a fire starting in my heart
This would be called an idiom because it is not
literally meaning there’s a fire starting in my
heart, it just means her heart is breaking and
she’s mad.

12.  Visual
 Hearing
 Taste
 Touch
 Smell

13. Finally I can see you Crystal Clear
This is visual imagery because you
can picture in your mind what
the words are saying.

14. Throw your soul through every open
door
I used this as touching imagery
because you can feel when you are
throwing something.

15. There’s a fire starting in my heart
This is used as smell imagery
because you can smell fire, so,
therefore, makes you smell and
think about fire.

16. We could have had it all Rolling in
the deep You had my heart inside
your hand But you played it With a
beating Throw your soul threw
every open door Count your
blessings to find what you look
for Turn my sorrow into treasured
gold You pay me back in kind and
reap just what you sow We could
have had it all We could have had
it all We could have had it
all Rolling in the deep You had my
heart inside your hand And you
played it to the beat We could
have had it all Rolling in the
deep You had my heart inside your
hand But you played it, You
played it, You played it You played
it to the beat