House By The Sea Figurative Devices

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In his song “House by the Sea”, Pål Moddi Knutsen utilizes figurative devices throughout his song. In the first line of the song, he sings, “They say home is the place where your heart is” (Moddi). The metaphor tells the listener how some people see home as a place in which is the center of a person and how a person's home is in a sense apart of them like how a heart is apart of them. This figurative device puts an idea of what a home can mean to some people and helps the listeners to get a sense of what Moddi hears that people's idea of home is. In addition, he sings, “So it's not really as if i am leaving / It’s more like something pulling me” (Moddi). The simile compares the differences between leaving and how he feels like something is

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