Figurative Languages are words and expressions used in poems and texts to convey various meanings and interpretations from the literal meaning. Figurative devices play major while writing poems, sonnets, or ballads. They are the best tool for a writer to appeal to the senses of the reader.

There are seven kinds of figurative languages that is used in the song lyric, they are simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, synecdoche, symbol and oxymoron. The last is the dominant of figurative languages that used is hyperbole.

The functions of figurative language which are used in the Deep Purple song lyrics are to give concrete explanations to something that is abstract, to give an intense explanation to the lyrics, to give an image and more expressive lyrics and to give the songs more attractive and fun to listen.

10 Types of Figurative Language

• Simile.
• Metaphor.
• Implied metaphor.
• Personification.
• Hyperbole.
• Allusion.
• Idiom.
• Pun.

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. Figurative language compares things in order to give them more detail. We use figurative language to help the reader better understand what we are trying to describe.

Common Personification Examples

• Lightning danced across the sky.
• The wind howled in the night.
• The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
• Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
• My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

Saying that a deer “walked” or “leapt” through the fields is not an example of personification, because a deer can actually do those things. However, if we say that the deer “waltzed” through the fields, then we’ve given it a human quality, since a deer is not capable of performing an actual waltz.