If, in a lyric or poem you are describing someone as being responsible for something by association, but are exaggerating their guilt, what is it called?
An example...
[Lyric] "Tony shot my brother"
Now, the writer knows Tony didn't pull the trigger, but Tony gave the killer the gun and motivated the crime. So the writer is accusing Tony of murder.
How do you describe this sort of lyric?
2007-08-06 22:55:44 · 7 answers · asked by loathsomedog 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Any exagerration is called Hiperbole - for example if you read in a poem: I heard the wings of a butterfly or sth..
But in this case: looks like sth is replaced with sth: then it is metonime..
2007-08-06 23:04:47 · answer #1 · answered by Lady G. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in ethics you have guilt by act or omission, one where you directly did something and the other where are guilty by what you failed to do. I don't know about the exaggerating guilt bit but will have a look about.
People are accused of having 'blood on their hands', even if they did not directly commit it implying that the victims blood was literally on their hands and they did the deed. That is the closest I can think to what you are asking, no official terms
2007-08-06 23:05:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
an accused party to the crime
2007-08-07 02:45:58 · answer #3 · answered by Insanity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Written lyrics would be libellous
When the lyrics are sung they are slanderous
2007-08-06 23:05:04 · answer #4 · answered by MsCymru 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ACCOMPLICE tony was an accomplice to this act
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2007-08-07 00:38:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Enhanced associative culpability"
2007-08-06 23:02:47 · answer #6 · answered by John S 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
insinuate
2007-08-06 23:07:11 · answer #7 · answered by csucdartgirl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋