The song I know that has
an extended metaphor is ‘Roar” by Katy Perry. This song has a couple extended
metaphors, but not too many; they are also repetitive.
The first extended metaphor is “I got the eye of the
tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire.” She’s comparing herself to a
tiger, by saying she has the eye of a tiger. In my opinion it means she is very
smart and clever. Tigers are known to be very fast and clever, so basically in
this line she is saying I have the eye of the tiger; I am very clever. She is
telling everyone that she is smart and very fast; you cannot fool her. There is also the metaphor "dancing thorough the fire." This basically means the fire is the experiences she does through, it is what happens to her, but she dances through it. This means she enjoys her life either way and enjoys her life through everything. This metaphor means she is enjoying herself in everything that happens to her!
The second extended metaphor is “Cause I am a champion,
and you’re gonna hear me roar, louder, louder than a lion.” Here she is
comparing herself to a lion. She is telling that she is very strong and
powerful. In my opinion she is basically giving herself confidence and telling
people that she is strong and she can stand up for herself. She can roar back
and be strong, without having any fear. I personally think she is just telling
others that she is very strong and she can stand up for herself without fear.
Both metaphors use figurative. She doesn’t actually have
the eye of a tiger or a lion’s roar. She uses these to describe herself. The
second metaphor has onomatopoeia because the word roar sounds like how it is
written. There really aren’t very many lit terms in these metaphors, but these
extended metaphors really make the song more intense, and I just realized they
are extended metaphors. Its funny because I probably have listened to many
songs with extended metaphors and never noticed!
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