Explicit comparisons using 'like' or 'as'
Top lyrical devices by writer – Lennon: Anaphora (39), Simile (11), Wordplay (10); McCartney: Anaphora (21), Extended metaphor (8), Pastiche (8); Harrison: Anaphora (11), Extended metaphor (4), Double meaning (3).
Song count per year
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
'Like no other can'
'Schön wie ein Diamant'
'Chip on my shoulder that's bigger than my feet'
'Working like a dog', 'sleeping like a log'
'A love like ours could never die'
'Tears are falling like rain from the sky'
'A girl like you'
'Look a little like a military man'
'like pigs from a gun'; 'like pigs in a sty'
'Creeping like a nun'
"Just like Dylan's Mr. Jones"
'Like a little child'
'Like a lizard on a window pane'
'Like endless rain', 'like a million eyes'
'Like endless rain', 'like a million suns'
'Cold as ice'
'Like a homing bird, I'll fly'
'Like little girls and boys / Playing with their little toys'
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Book
Revolution in the Head
Ian MacDonald
Book
The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
Alan Aldridge
Album
Sgt Peppers
CD
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