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Chaos And Clothes Figurative Language
Even though everybody has a favorite song that you can blast to at an unreasonable volume, the question we must ask ourselves is does it have poetic merit? Poetic merit is essentially the reason that makes a song a lyric poem without the instrumental behind it. Therefore, the type of this poem normally has symbolism, figurative language, metaphors, and so forth. In addition to songs having poet merit, “Chaos and Clothes” is no different. “Chaos and Clothes” is a song written by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, and explores the idea of letting go. In this song, it’s poetic merit is obvious, since it uses symbolism, irony, and the mental chaos lover’s leave.
Firstly, the example of poetic merit in “Chaos and Clothes” is its profound use of symbolism.

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