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Drake Poetic Devices

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Teens and Young adults seem to frequently listen to music throughout the day. If it is not in the car while driving, it is while walking to class or just simply while doing homework. However, how many adolescents really pay attention to the meaning of the song or the poetic devices that are used throughout the song? Drake’s song featuring Rhianna, Too Good, implies a message of love and explains how he tries his hardest to talk to Rhianna but she has seemed to have discovered herself without discovering their relationship; while they are conversing they are not understanding each other; throughout the song we see a pattern of similes, paradoxes, and imagery. In this song Drake uses the literary device simile. According …show more content…

A paradox is “a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.” (Dictionary.com) Throughout this song we see many examples of Paradoxes. He continually contradicts what he is saying. In the song he states “Got me on flights overseas, and I still can't get across to you.” (Drake lines 27-28) Through this quote he uses a phrase that contradicts its self, by saying he is on flights overseas but still cannot get across to her which gives the meaning of him trying to talk to her but he still cannot get through to her. The Paradox allows the listener to realize how difficult it is for Drake to get across to Rhianna. He continues to try and reach her but it seems as if it were impossible for him. This is another one of the problems that he is facing with Rhianna and another reason to why he is so hopeless about their relationship. Another example of a Paradox that is found in the song would be “Free time is costing me more than it seems.” (Drake 52) Similar to the line “Got me on flight overseas but I still can’t get across to you” (Drake 27-28). Drake contradicts himself by saying that something that is supposed to be free is costing him. Through this line he is trying to emphasize how much free time she is costing him. It allows the listener to see how much Drake is putting into the relationship from his part. Making the listener

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