SONG LYRICS

Alliteration and Rhyming Words

 Rhyming Words
• Rhyming words are two or more words that
have the same or similar ending sound. Some
examples of rhyming words are: goat, boat,
moat, float, coat.
 Example in songs
• "Power," Kanye West

"They say I was the abomination of Obama’s

nation
Well that’s a pretty bad way to start the
conversation"
 Example in songs
• "Changes," Tupac

"I see no changes, all I see is racist faces

Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
We under, I wonder what it takes to make this
One better place, let's erase the wasted."
 Example in songs
• "Closer," The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey

"So baby pull me closer in the backseat of

your Rover
That I know you can't afford
Bite that tattoo on your shoulder
Pull the sheets right off the corner."
 Alliteration
• Alliteration is characterized by a number of
words, typically three or more, that have the
same first consonant sound within the
same sentence or phrase.
 Example in songs
• Let it Be (By The Beatles)

“Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.”

 Example in songs
• ig Yellow Taxi (By Joni Mitchell)

“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”

 Example in songs
• Bad Blood (By Taylor Swift)

“And, baby, now we’ve got bad blood”

 Example in songs
• So Sick (By Ne-Yo)

Said I’m so sick of love songs, so sad and slow”

 Example in songs
• Far Away (By Nickelback)

“This time, This place

Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late”
 Example in songs
• Drops of Jupiter (By Train)

“Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried

romance, five-hour phone conversation?”