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What rhetorical devices are in money by pink Floyd?

Alliteration

* "Money, it's a gas"

* "Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash"

* "The paper chase is on apace for the higher stakes"

Assonance

* "The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out"

* "In the sun or in the shade"

* "And that's what they do"

Metaphor

* "Money is the root of all evil"

* "Money's just a tool"

* "It can buy you a house, it can buy you a car"

Personification

* "Money talks"

* "Money makes the world go round"

* "Money is power"

Hyperbole

* "I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams"

* "I've got so much money that I don't know what to do with it all"

* "I'll never have to work again"

Irony

* "The more money you have, the more problems you have"

* "Money can't buy happiness"

* "People will do anything for money"

Rhetorical Question

* "What is money, really?"

* "What can you buy with money?"

* "Why do people work for money?"

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