Meghan Trainor Literary Devices

Music has a connection to how many people have. Most lyrics are entertaining and it attracts various people to listen to it. Songs have multiple literary devices that make the connections to others. Songs like “Like i’m gonna lose you,” by Meghan Trainor, is filled with multiple literary devices. This song was one of many others on the top hits in 2015. The song “Like i’m gonna lose you is filled with mostly three main literary devices which is similies, metaphors,and personifications. This song is about how they felt that their love wasn’t going to last, but they are holding onto those last moments with each other.

One of the similes in the song is “I found myself dreaming in silver and gold like a scene from a movie”.Silver and gold are very valuable, so she's saying he’s valuable to her. She is dreaming about the precious moments with her lover and she looks back at a romance movie. It relates to the topic because it shows how she’s comparing her love for him to an actual movie. Also, she wants him to know how she feels so she says “I’m gonna hold you like i’m saying goodbye”. She doesn’t want to lose his so she’s going to hold him tight and never wanting to let go. She is gonna hold him like it’s the last time
This is the only personification their was in the song which was "In the blink of an eye just a whisper of smoke you could lose everything". In life many things can happen in an instant, But when things happen in life there’s always a purpose for it to happen. Over time you will have to learn that what’s done is done, move on with your life and always think positive thoughts. Just stay focused on the present and spend the last of it while it lasts. This quote is saying that you could lose something quickly and that's when she’s gone, he feels like he has lost everything. You have to know that in life things don’t last as long as you expect it to