figurative language

A simile is a type of “figurative language” used in creating imagery. Wait . . . figurative language and imagery aren’t the same thing? So what is imagery? Put…

Not only is A Thousand Horses‘ debut single “Smoke” a great sounding song, but it is the poster child for how to use a metaphor, making it the best…

A metaphor is a type of “figurative language” used in imagery. It’s best used to make a connection between things your listener can easily identify with quickly. The first…

While it’s one thing to know what an allusion is, applying it to your songwriting is easier to grasp if you can study songs using allusion well. By understanding…

You probably see or hear an allusion in use a couple of times a day, but do you use it in your songwriting? Have you had a moment when…

I thought I’d put together 5 personification examples to underscore just how powerful well-written personification songs can be.. It’s the act of giving inanimate objects or abstract concepts 
animate…

Mary Chapin Carpenter’s “I Am A Town” is not only the most ambitious, but as a result, turns into the best personification song ever written. The whole song is…