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You shoot me glances and they're so hard to read I miscontrue [interpret incorrectly] what you mean Slip me a napkin and now that you start Is this your name or a doctor's eye chart? I try and comprehend you but I got a dyslexic heart Thanks for the book, now my table is ready Do I read you correctly, lead me directly You keep swayin'… what are you sayin'? |
Dyslexia is a reading disorder associated with an impairment in the ability to read and comprehend words. It may also involve challenges in interpreting auditory or visual information. Dyslexia is a pathological condition that affects people, so describing a heart as "dyslexic" is personification. Similarly, hearts do not wear glasses.
The series of questions "Do I hate you? Do I date you? Do I got a dyslexic heart?" is an example of anaphora because three successive sentences begin with the words "do I."
The couplet "Do I hate you? Do I date you?" is an example of antithesis because the sentences have a similar structure and they express contrasting feelings (assuming that dating someone is indicative of a lack of hatred).
- personification: the assignment of human characteristics to inanimate objects or nature in a direct and explicit manner
- anaphora: the repetition of a word or set of words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
- couplet: a pair of successive lines of verse that generally rhyme and have the same meter
- antithesis: the placement of words, phrases, or sentences in a parallel structure to form a balanced contrast of ideas
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