Extended Metaphor Definition A metaphor introduced and then

Extended Metaphor

Definition • A metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a literary work

“Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts • Life's like a road that you travel on When there's one day here and the next day gone Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand Sometimes you turn your back to the wind… Come ride with me to the distant shore • Life is a highway I wanna ride it all night long If you're going my way I wanna drive it all night long

“Homecoming” by Kanye West I'm coming home again. Do you think about me now and then? Cause I'm coming home again I'm in home again. I met this girl when I was three years old And what I loved most she had so much soul She said, excuse me little homie, I know you don't know mebut, My name is Windy and, I like to blow trees and, From that point I never blow her off, They can come from outta town I like to show her off, They like to act tough, she like to tow em off, And make em straighten up their act, cause she know they soft And when I grew up she showed me how to go downtown And at nighttime my face lit up so astounding And I told her in my heart is where she always be She never mess with entertainers cause they always leave She said it felt like they walked and drove on me Knew I was gang affiliated got on TV and told on me I guess it's why last winter she got so cold on me She said, Ye keep making that, keep making that platinum and gold for me Chorus: Do you think about me now and then? Cause I'm coming home again I'm in home again Do you think about me now and then? Oh, now I'm coming home again Maybe we can start again But if you really care for her, then you would n-never hit the airport, To follow your dream, sometimes I still talk to her, but when I talk to her It always seems like she talking about me, She said you left your kids and they just like you They wanna rap and make show beats just like you, But they just not you and I just got through Talking bout what she can try to do just not new Now everybody got the game figured out all wrong I guess you never know what you got till its gone I guess this is why I'm here and I cant come back home And guess when I heard that when I was back home Every interview I'm representing you making you proud Reach for the stars so if you fall you land on a cloud Jump in the crowd, spark you lighters, wave em around, And if you don't know by now, I'm talking about Chi Town, Chorus

Important Lines • I met this girl when I was three years old And what I loved most she had so much soul She said, “excuse me little homie, I know you don't know me- but, My name is Windy and, I like to blow trees”… • She said it felt like they walked and drove on me Knew I was gang affiliated got on TV and told on me I guess it's why last winter she got so cold on me She said, Ye keep making that, keep making that platinum and gold for me • And if you don't know by now, I'm talking about Chi. Town

“Stereo Heart” by Gym Class Heroes Chorus: My heart's a stereo It beats for you, so listen close Hear my thoughts in every note Make me your radio And turn me up when you feel low This melody was meant for you To sing along to my stereo If I was an old-school, fifty pound boombox Would you hold me on your shoulder, wherever you walk Would you turn my volume up in front of the cops And crank it higher every time they told you to stop And all I ask is that you don't get mad at me When you have to purchase mad D batteries Appreciate every mixtape your friends make You never know, we come and go like on the interstate If I was just another dusty record on the shelf Would you blow me off and play me like everybody else If I asked you to scratch my back, could you manage that? Travie, I can handle that Furthermore, I apologize for any skipping tracks It's just the last girl that played me left a couple cracks I used to, now I'm over that Cause holding grudges over love is ancient artifacts I think finally found a note to make you understand If you can hit it, sing along and take me by the hand T' keep me stuck inside your head, like your favorite tune And know my heart's a stereo that only plays for you If I could only find a note to make you understand I'd sing it softly in your ear and grab you by the hands To keep me stuck inside your head, like your favorite tune And know my heart's a stereo that only plays for you Chorus I only pray you'll never leave me behind Because good music can be so hard to find I'll take your head and hold it closer to mine Thought love was dead, but now you're changing my mind Chorus

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Extended Metaphor • Love Song by Taylor Swift