Theme analysis song #3: "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus

 The Climb by Miley Cyrus In her song, The Climb, Miley Cyrus uses hyperboles, metaphors, and also personification in order to convey her message of overcoming things in life that may be hard and seem like they are impossible to get over. She often uses things like “every step I’m taking. Every move I make feels lost with no direction…” to exaggerate how whenever she does things she feels as if it’s not right. This is an example of a hyperbole, she uses the example of every step she takes and every move to show that even the smallest movements and most trivial things that she does even can make her feel lost and as if she has no concept of where she is going in life. An a example of a metaphor used in the song is “there’s always gonna be another mountain. I’m always gonna wanna make it move.” which the mountain is meant to represent her struggle and by making it move she is using figurative language because she is not literally moving a mountain it is just a form of expression to say that they are capable of something extraordinary. Another form of a metaphor is “there’s always gonna be an uphill battle sometimes I’m gonna have to lose” which is comparing her future struggles to a battle which means there are ups and downs and sometimes she will lose the battle but that is the point of life. No one goes through life easily. “ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side” the other side is symbolic of the next moment in life and what she wants to convey is that you should live in the moment and get through all the struggles. A form of personification is “the chances I’m taking sometimes might knock me down…” which personifies the chances she takes by saying they could knock her down in order to say that by taking chances she risks being knocked down and failing but she keeps moving on despite the sadness. This song relates to my theme of getting through rough times because the speaker just wants to get through life and live by staying strong, even through her struggles and setbacks.