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Poor Man Rich Heart Figurative Language
Poor Man, Rich Heart
Although this song is distorted because of the use of figurative language called metaphor, there is no doubt that “Danny’s Song” by Kenny Loggins tells of the promises that parents are making to their son (topic sentence). Loggins shows the amount and fluidity of love that the parents will pour over this child by using metaphor, which is simply an image used to convey another idea (assertion). Loggins displays in a comforting style the affection that the parents want to provide for their child when they say, “…And everything will bring a chain of love...” (Loggins) {support}. This single line exhibits s a lifetime of promised to this child, or to anyone to whom it is addressed because it bares the essence of knowing that

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