Little Black Submarines Poetic Devices

There is also an example of idiom, personification, and hyperbole in “Little Black Submarines”. The line “That a broken heart is blind” serves as multiple poetic devices. It is an example of an idiom because it has a different meaning than what the words would suggest. It means that when someone is depressed they are blind to the truth. It is also an example of personification because it gives and inanimate objects, the heart, the ability to be blind. Hyperbole is another poetic device that the line can represent because it does not literally mean that the heart is blind.
“Little Black Submarines” has examples of poetic structure as well. Lines such as,
Treasure maps, fallen trees, operator please
Call me back when it's time
Stolen friends and disease, operator …show more content…
It is open form because there are noticeable elements of structure throughout the song, but the final stanza,
Oh can it be? The voices calling me
They get lost in and out of time
I should've seen it glow, but everybody knows
That a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind (Lines 23-28)
, is different from all of the other stanzas. The song consists of six stanzas with 4-5-4-5-4-6 lines. If it weren’t for the final addition of the line “That a broken heart is blind” (Line 28) there would have been a specific structure through the entirety of the song, making is closed form.
The song “Little Black Submarines” by The Black Keys holds an important message about dealing with depression. It portrays the struggle of a man with his dark thoughts and his struggle with trying to find a way out. It shows that no matter how hard you a struggling, you need to rely on yourself to make a plan to better your outlook on life. Its use of poetic devices such as repetition, metaphor, rhyme, enjambment, idiom, and personification help convey the message in a way that will stay with the

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