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Figurative Language: symbols

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  • What does 'animal' often symbolise?                     Let your heart run, child, like horses in the wild (Home We Go - Walk Off the Earth)
    wild, uncontrolled, instinctive behaviour
  • What does 'spring' often symbolise?                     Pass the end of winter's cold, until the spring day comes again (Spring Day - BTS)
    new life, hope
  • What does 'child' often symbolise?                     We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts, we both know we ain't kids no more (Send My Love - Adele)
    innocence, naivety, immaturity
  • What does 'white' often symbolise?                     Yeah, but did you do it? (Cell Block Tango - Chicago)
    innocence, purity, goodness
  • What does 'adult' often symbolise?                     All grown-ups were once children, but only few of them remember it. (The Little Prince)
    maturity
  • What does 'human' often symbolise?                     'The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane' - Mahatma Gandhi
    civilised, rational behaviour
  • What does 'black' often symbolise?                     It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black (Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones)
    depression, death, evil, etc.
  • What does 'fire' often symbolise?                      Everybody stares as she goes by 'cause they can see the flame that's in her eyes (Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys)
    strong emotions, passion, strength
  • What does 'dark' often symbolise?                     I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark (Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler)
    unknown, death
  • What does 'winter' often symbolise?                     I’m still cold, cold like I'm seeing my breath after the season you left (This is What Winter Feels Like - JVKE)
    death
  • What does 'ice' often symbolise?                        You're gonna catch a cold from the ice inside your soul (Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri)
    coldness, lack of compassion
  • What does 'light' often symbolise?                     And at last I see the light (I See the Light - Tangled)
    knowledge, hope, revelation
  • What does 'red' often symbolise?                     But loving him was red (Red - Taylor Swift)
    passion, violence, blood