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gurr-nee
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What are some poetic devices in the song Dare you to move by Switchfoot?

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Posted by gurr-nee on Monday June 1, 2009 at 12:56 PM and tagged with arts, devices, lyrics, poetic, switchfoot.

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  1. tangerinelover10
    tangerinelover10 Student
    High School - 10th Grade

    metaphor usage, similes

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    Posted by tangerinelover10 on Wednesday June 3, 2009 at 5:23 PM


  2. oftheworld Teacher
    Elementary / Primary

     

    Dare You To Move contains the poetic devices of repetition, personification, and rhyme. The use of repetition lends tension to the message, as well as the persistence and importance of the writer's thoughts. The writer personifies "redemption", making it contain the human characteristic of being able to tell stories.
    Welcome to the planet Welcome to existence Everyone's here Everyone's here Everybody's watching you now Everybody waits for you now What happens next? What happens next? I dare you to move I dare you to move I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Like today never happened Today never happened before Welcome to the fallout Welcome to resistance The tension is here The tension is here Between who you are and who you could be Between how it is and how it should be I dare you to move I dare you to move I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Like today never happened Today never happened Maybe redemption has stories to tell Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell Where can you run to escape from yourself? Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go? Salvation is here I dare you to move I dare you to move I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Like today never happened Today never happened Today never happened Today never happened before

     

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    Posted by oftheworld on Monday June 29, 2009 at 3:34 PM