"He primps and preens....Fractured into factions"

"Washington on your Side" 

"Like a house of cards....Like the Fourth of July"

"Firework" 

"Blue moon, you saw me standing alone..."

A 1950's popular song

"And daddy liked his whiskey with his tea."

"Daddy Lessons"

"I can lead with pride, I can make us strong"

"How Far I'll Go"

"This vacuous mass..."

"Washington on Your Side"

"Ev'ry action has its equal, opposite reactions."

"Washington on your Side"

"I don't care

What they're going to say."

"Let it Go"

"Our poorest citizens, our farmers, live ration to ration."

"Washington on your Side"

"The snow glows white on the mountain tonight

Not a footprint to be seen"

"Let it Go" 

"I get no satisfaction witnessing his fits of passion"

"Washington on your Side"

"Our poorest citizens, our farmers, live ration to ration,

As Wall Street robs 'em blind in search of chips to cash in."

"Washington on your Side"

"Follow the scent of his enterprise"

"Washington on your Side"

"Wall Street robs 'em blind..."  

 Washington on your Side" 

 In this example. the name of  object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or suggested by or associated with the original.

Metonymy 

"The regular crowd shuffles in."

"Piano Man"

"But the voice inside sings a different song"

"How Far I'll Go"

I've been standing at the edge of the water
Long as I can remember, never really knowing why
I wish I could be the perfect daughter
But I come back to the water, no matter how hard I try

"How Far I'll Go"

"If we don't stop it,

we aid and abet it."

"Washington on your Side"

"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?"

"Firework"

Bob drove his new Corvette to Ray's house. "Nice wheels," said Ray when he saw the car.

The part stands for the whole; the whole stands for the part

"A kingdom of isolation, and it looks like, I'm the Queen"

"Let it Go" 

Romeo obtains poison to kill himself because he believes Juliet is dead; he doesn't know she is only asleep. 

"Look in his eyes, see how he lies"

"Washington on your Side"

Take care of your mother

Watch out for your sister

"Daddy Lessons"

food-flood

laughter-slaughter

"Head held high"

"Daddy's Lessons"

"I got the moves like Jagger."

"Moves Like Jagger" 

"Then I defy you, stars!"

Romeo and Juliet, Act 5

"Blackjack, classic vinyl"

"Daddy Lessons"

"Look in his eyes, see how he lies"

"Washington on Your Side"

"If there's a fire you're trying to douse..."

"Washington on Your Side"

"'Tis but thy name that is my enemy." 

Romeo and Juliet, Act 2

"And he will make the face of heaven so fine

That all the world will  be in love with night."

Romeo and Juliet, Act 3

"I'd steal sun from the sky for you."

"I'll Be There for You" (Bon Jovi)

"You've got a smile that could light up this whole town."

"You Belong with Me" (T. Swift)

"See the light as it shines on the sea? It's blinding"

"How Far I'll Go"

"Came into this world

Daddy's little girl,

And Daddy made a soldier out of me"

"Daddy Lessons"

"Baby you're a firework"

"Firework"

A driver looks at the dent in her car's bumper and says, "Lucky me."

 "Somebody has to stand up for the South"

"Washington on your Side" 

 In this example. the name of  object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or suggested by or associated with the original.

"...our cabinet's fractured into factions."

"Washington on your Side" 

 In this example. the name of  object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or suggested by or associated with the original.

The White House announce new rules for power plants.

 In this example. the name of  object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or suggested by or associated with the original.

"He had the Midas touch."

“I heard the ripple washing in the reeds

And the wild water lapping on the crag”

"Le Morte D’Arthur"

"We jumped, never asking why...

A love no one could deny"

"Wrecking Ball"

"See the light as it shines...and it seems like it's calling out to me."

"How Far I'll Go"

"Heaven knows I've tried."

"Let it Go"

"I came in like a wrecking ball."

"Wrecking Ball"

"The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside."

"Let it Go"

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind
Wanting to start again

"Firework"

Romeo tries to stop the fight between his friend Mercutio and Tybalt and Mercutio, but his actions lead to the death of Mercutio.

Luke seeks Yoda, a Jedi master and great warrior, and discovers that Yoda is a short, old, and elfen.

George and Lenny were hired hands on Curly's farm.

The part stands for the whole; the whole stands for the part

Should the people of the United States support boots on the ground in Africa?

The part stands for the whole; the whole stands for the part

The Americans dominated the medal count at the Summer Olympics.

The part stands for the whole; the whole stands for the part

"But no one knows how deep it goes."

"How Far I Go"

Chocolate is her Achilles heal

An you be mine, I'll give you to my friend.
And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets,
For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee,
Nor what is mine shall never do thee good.
Trust to 't; bethink you. I'll not be forsworn.

Romeo and Juliet, Act 3

Great or good, or kind or fair, I will ne'er the more despair.

The politician was described by his opponent as "an empty suit."

"I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills"

"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," Wordworth

"I had to wait in the station for ten days--an eternity."

Joseph Conrad

"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew

The furrow followed free

Coleridge

"Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,

Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge"

Owen

"Water. water, everywhere,

And all the boards did shrink.

Water, water everywhere,

Nor any drop to drink."

Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Coleridge

It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped

And whirr when it stood still.

I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.

"The moon moved above

The clouds, suspended between

Night and dawn."

Anonymous poet

"I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Are you – Nobody – too?
Then there’s a pair of us!
Don’t tell! They’d banish – you know!"
"I'm Nobody! Who are You?" (Emily Dickinson)