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What are the poetic devices for love way you lie?

The song "Love the Way You Lie" by Eminem featuring Rihanna uses several poetic devices to create its effect:

1. Paradox:

- "Just gonna stand there and watch me burn / But that's alright because I like the way it hurts.."

2. Hyperbole:

- "...that I don't understand / That anything I would die to have

- "I need a new drug for the pain in my heart" to portray a deep need

3. Assonance:

"And this one here's called 'New Pain'" the repetition of the long 'A' vowel

4. Personification:

- "...she lies and cries so she breaks him down, hurts him so.."

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