Lose Yourself Literary Device Presentation

“Lose Yourself”
Eminem’s Use of Literary Devices
“Lyrics are poetry.” – Mr. Heinegg

Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?
Rhetorical Question

Yo, his palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There is vomit on his sweater already
Assonance
Mom’s spaghet. He's nervous
But on the surface he looks calm and ready
Metaphor
To drops bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth but the words won't come out
He's choking, how? Everybody's jokin' now
Assonance
The clock's run out, time's up, over BLOW!

Snap back to reality, oh there goes gravity
Near Rhyme and Assonance
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked, he's so mad
But he won't give up that easy, no he won't have it
Metaphor and
He knows his whole back's to these ropes
Idiom
It don't matter, he's dope, he knows that
But he's broke, he's so sad that he knows
When he goes back to this mobile home
That's when it's back to the lab again, yo
This whole rhapsody, better go capture this moment
And hope it don't collapse on him

You better lose yourself in the music
The moment you own it you better never let it go, oh
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
Cuz opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better lose yourself in the music
The moment you own it you better never let it go, oh
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
Cuz opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better

Soul's escapin' through this hole's that is gaping
This world is mines for the taking
Make me king as we move toward a new world order
A normal life is boring
But superstardom's close to post mortem
It only grows harder, homie grows hotter
He blows us all over, these hoes is all on him
Coast to coast shows, he's known as the Globetrotter

Pun
Alliteration

Lonely roads got him
He knows he's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely