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Almost Is Never Enough Figurative Language

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Almost is Never Enough Almost is Never Enough is a duet between the American pop singer Ariana Grande and Nathan Skyes. Ariana Grande wrote this song with Carmen Reece and Harmony David Samuels and is featured in her album Yours Truly, released in 2013. This song was also featured in the Motion Picture The Mortal Instaments: City of Bones, as a result the song is now well known to the public. Many people could interpret this as a classic love song to a significant other, or a lover regretting a recent decision that caused a break up. It is very obvious that this song is about a relationship that fell apart, and the two lovers are realizing that even though they miss each other they know that the relationship between them will never be the same again. With the use of tone, sound, imagery and figurative language the song explains how almost is never enough to have a successful relationship. The tone that Ariana and Nathan portray with their voice makes the lyrics even more dramatic and meaningful. This tone was used throughout Ariana Grande’s album as well. The word choice that she chose for this song is very …show more content…

For example, Grande uses assonance in the first verse when she sings, “I'd like to say we gave it a try/
I'd like to blame it all on life/
Maybe we just weren't right, but that's a lie, that's a lie”(Grande). These lines share the same ‘I’ repetition, but begin with different constant sounds. Rhyming couplets usually involve two lines that rhyme and have the same meter. An example of this is when Nathan Skyes sings, “If I could change the world overnight/
There'd be no such thing as goodbye
/You'd be standing right where you were
/And we'd get the chance we deserve”(Grande). Including assonance and rhyming couplets, Ariana makes this song sound like a love poem. What this ballad proves to the audience is that this message comes off as heartfelt and

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