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For the following song lyrics, identify the correct figurative and/or poetic language.

For the following song lyrics, identify the correct figurative and/or poetic language-example-1
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Dear Mama" by Tupac is Allusion: Referring to the absent father and the speaker's search for a father figure.

Personification: Giving anger the ability to prevent the speaker from feeling for a stranger.

"This time, This place/ Misused, Mistakes/ Too long, Too late"

"Far Away" by Nickelback

Figurative Language:

Alliteration: Repetition of the "t" sound in "This time," "This place," "Misused," "Mistakes," "Too long," "Too late."

"You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes"

"Thriller" by Michael Jackson

Figurative Language:

Personification: Giving horror the ability to look between the eyes.

"You would not believe your eyes / If ten million fireflies

Lit up the world as I fell asleep"

"Fireflies" by Owl City

Figurative Language:

Simile: Comparing the lighting up of the world to fireflies to emphasize the dreamlike nature.

Hyperbole: The exaggerated statement that ten million fireflies could light up the world.

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