Figurative Language using the Beatles

The Beatles

& Figurative Language

Simile

HyperbolePersonification

Metaphor

Good Day Sunshine

Example

Good Day SunshineGOOD DAY SUNSHINE,GOOD DAY SUNSHINE,GOOD DAY SUNSHINE.

WE TAKE A WALK, THE SUN IS SHINING DOWN,BURNS MY FEET AS I TOUCH THE GROUND.

Good Day SunshineWE TAKE A WALK, THE SUN IS SHINING DOWN,BURNS MY FEET AS I TOUCH THE GROUND.

Simile Metaphor

Personification Hyperbole

It’s Been a Hard Day’s night

1


It's been a hard day's nightAnd I've been working like a dogIt's been a hard day's nightI should be sleeping like a logBut when I get home to youI find the things that you doWill make me feel alright.


It's been a hard day's nightAnd I've been working like a dog

Simile Metaphor


Happiness is a Warm Gun

2

Happiness is a Warm GunHappiness is a warm gun( bang bang shoot shoot )Happiness is a warm gun, yes it is(bang bang shoot shoot)

When I hold you in my arms (oh yes)When I feel my finger on your trigger (oh yes)I know nobody can do me no harmBecause happiness is a warm gun, mommaHappiness is a warm gun-Yes it is.

Happiness is a Warm Gun

Happiness is a warm gun

Simile Metaphor


Eight Days a Week

3

Eight Days a Week

Ooh I need your love babe,Guess you know it's true.Hope you need my love babe,Just like I need you,Ooo.

Hold me, love me, hold me, love me.I ain't got nothin' but love babe,Eight days a week.

Love you ev'ry day girl,Always on my mind.One thing I can say girl,Love you all the time,ooh

Hold me, love me, hold me, love me.I ain't got nothin' but love girl,Eight days a week.

Eight Days a Week

I ain't got nothin' but love babe,Eight days a week.

Simile Metaphor


Lady Madonna

4

Lady MadonnaFriday night arrives without a suitcase.Sunday morning creeping like a nun.Monday's child has learned to tie his bootlace.See how they run...

Lady Madonna, baby at your breast.Wonders how you manage to feed the rest.

Lady Madonna

Friday night arrives without a suitcase.

Simile Metaphor


Across the Universe

5

Across the Universe Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes,They call me on and on across the universe,Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter boxThey tumble blindly as they make their wayAcross the universe

Jai guru deva, om,Nothing's gonna change my world,Nothing's gonna change my world.Nothing's gonna change my world. Nothing's gonna change my world

Across the Universe

Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box

Simile Metaphor


My Guitar Gently Weeps

6


I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor and I see it need sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps


I look at the floor and I see it need sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps

Simile Metaphor


The Long and Winding Road

7


The long and winding roadThat leads to your doorWill never disappearI've seen that road before


The long and winding roadThat leads to your doorWill never disappear

Simile Metaphor


Dear Prudence

8

Dear PrudenceDear Prudence let me see you smileDear Prudence like a little childThe clouds will be a daisy chainSo let me see you smile againDear Prudence won't you let me see you smile?

Dear Prudence

The clouds will be a daisy chain

Simile Metaphor


Tomorrow Never Knows

9


But listen to the colour of your dreamsIs it not living, is it not living


But listen to the colour of your dreams

Simile Metaphor


All You Need Is Love

10

All You Need Is LoveAll you need is love.All you need is love.All you need is love, love.Love is all you need.

Nothing you can know that isn't known.Nothing you can see that isn't shown.Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be.It's easy.

All you need is love.All you need is love.

All You Need Is Love

All you need is love.

Simile Metaphor


Across the Universe

11

Across the Universe Nothing's gonna change my world,Nothing's gonna change my world.

Limitless undying Love which shines around me like a million suns, and calls me on and onAcross the universe

Jai guru deva, om,

Across the Universe

Limitless undying Love which shines around me like a million suns

Simile Metaphor


Julia

12

Julia Her hair of floating sky is shimmering, glimmering,In the sun

Julia Her hair of floating sky is shimmering, glimmering,In the sun

Simile Metaphor


The Beatles

The Bonus Round

Octopus’s Garden

A

Octopus’s Garden I'd like to be, under the seaIn an octopus' garden in the shadeHe'd let us in, knows where we've beenin his octupus‘s garden, in the shade

I'd ask my friends to come and seeAn octopus' garden with meI'd like to be under the seaIn an octopus' garden in the shade.

Octopus’s Garden

He'd let us in, knows where we've been

Simile Metaphor


Here Comes the Sun

B

Here Comes the Sun Little darlingIt seems like years since it's been here

Here comes the sunHere comes the sun, and I sayIt's alright

Here Comes the Sun

It seems like years since it's been here

Simile Metaphor


A Day in The Life

C

A Day in The Life Woke up, fell out of bed,Dragged a comb across my headFound my way downstairs and drank a cup,And looking up I noticed I was late.Found my coat and grabbed my hatMade the bus in seconds flatFound my way upstairs and had a smoke,and somebody spoke and I went into a dream

A Day in The Life

Made the bus in seconds flat

Simile Metaphor


Eleanor Rigby

D

Eleanor Rigby Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where her wedding has beenLives in a dreamWaits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the doorWho is it for?

Eleanor Rigby

wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door

Simile Metaphor


The Beatles

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