Literary Devices Used in the Song "Drowns the Whisky'' by Jason Aldean

Poetic Devices
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Introduction
Analysis of a poem or a song is one of the most interesting things to carry out in literature. For the sake of knowledge, a song can simply be interpreted as a sung poem. Literary or stylistic devices are basically the mix of words that the poet or singer applies in his or her work, so as to achieve something. In most cases, they are usually for the purposes of achieving a far much deeper meaning, or sending specific messages to the audience. In the song "drowns the whisky'' by Jason Aldean featuring Miranda Lambert, there are various instances where various stylistic or literary devices have been used to achieve some aim quite effectively.
Rhyme
Perhaps the most standout feature of the piece is the rhyme scheme. There seems to be a rhyme at the end of every two lines. For example, the first two have a rhyme scheme with some ‘e’ at the end, so that one pronounces it as ‘I’. They end with,’…Tennessee…’ and ‘…me…’The fifth and sixth lines end with ‘…would…’ and ‘…should…’clearly showing some rhyme with ‘ld’ sound at the end of each of them. The seventh and eighth lines end with ‘…memory…’ and ‘…many…’, hence having that sound of ‘y’ at the end of them as well. This goes all the way to the rest of the paper too.
Repetition
There is repetition that is evident in the work, especially from the lines 11 and 12, where there is a clear repetition of the first part of each line that states ‘…maybe it’s the…’ which is also r...