Wicked Alliteration – The 3 most common reasons to use alliteration and several examples from popular music and/or musicals
Recognizing Allusions – Because it’s not like they go around with the Mark of Cain on their foreheads or yellow ribbons tied around their trunks
Like A Metaphor (compared for the very first time…) – Explanation and examples of metaphors and similes from popular music
Raining in the Dark Cave of My Winter Car (Part One) – Opening the door to some of the most common Metaphors, Similes, and Symbols so the sunlight can stream in and baptize us in knowledge.
Raining in the Dark Cave of My Winter Car (Part Two) – Examples from popular music and popular musicals of most of the stuff discussed in Part One
Personification Just Wants to Help – There are actually poems in this one (excerpts, at least), but also a few musical examples
Could You Repeat That? – The power of repetition with pop music and Abraham Lincoln. (I thought about including this one on the list twice because, well…)
The Dirty Parts – Thoughts on innuendo in popular music and poetry (because eventually someone’s going to figure out what Chaucer, Shakespeare, and others were actually saying)
Numbers & Letters As Literary Devices – There’s probably a fancy word for this, but I don’t know what it is. It’s definitely a thing in music – so I figured I’d write about it.