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Analysis Of Love The Way You Lie

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“Love The Way You Lie,” is a song sung by Eminem featuring Rihanna. Eminem, born as Marshall Bruce Mathers, is an American rap musician from Missouri. Eminem had a rough life, being raised only by his mother and constantly moving schools. He would always be beaten up and did not have great marks, however he was always good at English and would even study the dictionary. He took his knowledge of words and brought them into his passion of hip hop, which then started his career in rap. As his career was taking off, he got into bad habits, personal struggles and addictions. In 2010, he managed to kick his addictions and bad habits, and make the album, “Recovery.” In this album, he rapped about his struggles in order to help others, “Love The Way You Lie” was one of the songs in this album. Eminem chose …show more content…

Eminem with his ex-wife, Kim Mathers and Rihanna with her ex, Chris Brown. The meaning of the song is that a couple constantly argue and physically hurt one another, but always go back to each other as they are still in love. Though Eminem’s and Rihanna’s past, it makes the meaning much more powerful.
This song is full of multiple literary devices such as hyperboles, metaphors, and imagery. The hyperboles in the song emphasize strong feelings such as love, hate, and pain. For example, “Just [going to] stand there and watch me burn” (Rihanna, 1), is emphasizing that she is in extreme amounts of pain and all that her significant other is doing, is watching her suffer. “You ever love somebody so much you can barely breathe when [you are] with [them]” (Eminem, 33), emphasizes and how he is so in love with

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