lyricalDevice
P56601
predicate
Indicates the use of a specific poetic or musical technique within lyrics to achieve a particular expressive or aesthetic effect.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| lyricalDevice canonical | 36 |
| hasLyricalDevice | 16 |
Description generation (PDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.
Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning. # Instructions Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. # Response Format Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: lyricalDevice
Generated description
Indicates the use of a specific poetic or musical technique within lyrics to achieve a particular expressive or aesthetic effect.
Sample triples (52)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | repetition ⓘ |
| Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | circular narrative ⓘ |
| My Best Was Never Good Enough | irony via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| My Best Was Never Good Enough | satire via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Let's Call the Whole Thing Off | wordplay ⓘ |
| Let's Call the Whole Thing Off | minimal pairs ⓘ |
| Let's Call the Whole Thing Off | repetition ⓘ |
| 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover | wordplay on names and rhymes via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| That Wasn’t Me | confessional storytelling ⓘ |
| That Wasn’t Me | spiritual imagery ⓘ |
| Show ’Em Whatcha Got | sloganeering ⓘ |
| Show ’Em Whatcha Got | repetition ⓘ |
| Show ’Em Whatcha Got | direct address to listener ⓘ |
| Sippin' On Fire | metaphor via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Sippin' On Fire | imagery via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Sippin' On Fire | repetition via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
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“Take a Letter Maria” by R. B. Greaves
surface form:
"Take a Letter Maria"
|
dictated letter ⓘ |
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Where have all the flowers gone?
surface form:
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
|
repetition ⓘ |
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Where have all the flowers gone?
surface form:
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
|
rhetorical question ⓘ |
| Substitute | irony via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Substitute | wordplay via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Substitute | social commentary via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Everybody must get stoned | double entendre ⓘ |
| By the Sea | irony ⓘ |
| By the Sea | black humor ⓘ |
| By the Sea | fantasy versus reality ⓘ |
|
Money
surface form:
Money (Cabaret number)
|
exaggeration ⓘ |
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Money
surface form:
Money (Cabaret number)
|
repetition ⓘ |
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Money
surface form:
Money (Cabaret number)
|
irony ⓘ |
| The Road You Didn’t Take | metaphor of roads and paths ⓘ |
| Remind Me | repetition of the phrase "remind me" ⓘ |
| Small Axe | metaphor via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| My Old Yellow Car | extended metaphor ⓘ |
| My Old Yellow Car | storytelling ⓘ |
| Treacherous | vivid imagery via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Treacherous | extended metaphor via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| The Bargain Store | extended metaphor of a thrift shop via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Prove It on Me Blues | coded references to lesbianism via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Prove It on Me Blues | double entendre via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Prove It on Me Blues | innuendo via predicate surface "hasLyricalDevice" ⓘ |
| The Sire of Sorrow | biblical allusion ⓘ |
| The Sire of Sorrow | internal monologue ⓘ |
| The Sire of Sorrow | imagery of affliction ⓘ |
| He Gives Us All His Love | irony ⓘ |
| He Gives Us All His Love | understatement ⓘ |
| He Gives Us All His Love | religious imagery ⓘ |
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Anything you can do, I can do better
surface form:
"Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)"
|
one-upmanship ⓘ |
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Anything you can do, I can do better
surface form:
"Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)"
|
repetition ⓘ |
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Anything you can do, I can do better
surface form:
"Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)"
|
dialogue ⓘ |
| Weary | repetition ⓘ |