Another Poetic Song

"Beautiful Disaster (Live)" performed by Kelly Clarkson

This song is not found on the list, but it is full of poetic devices. There are so many devices that the song received a 197 based on the rating sheet. First of all, the title of the song is a paradox because disasters and beautiful things are usually imagined in contrast rather than comparison. Comparisons in the forms of similes and metaphors are also contained in the lyrics. There is a lot of characterization as she describes this one man throughout the song. Examples of alliteration consonance, such as "magic and myth," and alliteration assonance, such as "exquisite extreme," are also used numerous times. One example of verbal irony, which is located in the last verse, is "He's never enough,/ And still he is more than I can take." The heart of the man whom she is describing is personified in the line, "And more heaven than a heart could hold." These poetic devices, among others used in the song, serve to convey the message that one can still love others despite the fact that no one is perfect, and one should not refuse to love someone because he or she is not perfect.