“They say I’m takin’ long, I tell em patience is a virtue, I’m goin’ all out and bitch I never had a curfew”. A few lines down J Cole uses imperfect rhyme. These two words are examples of perfect rhyming. “bitch I made this in the crib watchin’ Belly, Eatin’ peanut butter jelly, what the f*** the n***** tell me”. Although, different than before he splits up the rhyme and makes it in two lines. A few lines down J Cole once again uses perfect rhyme. “day to day” is a weak form of alliteration, but it is alliteration nonetheless. “Now I do big and that’s my day to day story”. Although this is a weak form of alliteration, there is still important factors as to why he says this. In the second verse J Cole uses alliteration to show his life story. They all come together to create who he is and who he has become. By doing this he shows the world, his life and himself. He first describes his world, then his life and lastly he talks about his blood. Looking closer at this line you can see that J Cole is describing his life. J Cole wants his listeners to know the importance ofnhis name and he wants to show how proud he is to be who he is. He repeats his name, “Cole” a total of three times here. At the beginning of the hook J Cole says. The hook contains examples of repetition and bending words. He takes the ending of “ing” off of both of these words. J Cole bends the words “dealing” and “asking”. Bending words allow for these lines to flow smoothly together and create a better rhyme or feel. There are examples of bending words in each of these lines. The perfect end rhyme is produced from “shit” and “it”. “Told her I be dealin’ with some real-life shit, She be askin’ “When?”, bitch, when I feel like it”. Similar to perfect internal rhyme, J Cole uses a perfect end rhyme at the end of the first verse. This is important to him because he wants his listeners to know how “cool” he is and the power he has and his importance. The use of this repetition allows J Cole to place an emphasis on the idea that he “balls”. J Cole has also created repetition in this line, “I ball, I ball”. “I ball, I ball, like Kobe in the fall”, here “ball” and “fall” are used within the same line and create the internal rhyme. A few lines down J Cole uses a perfect internal rhyme. When the words “Nate” and “weight” are used they create an assonance. In about the tenth line J Cole says, “See my man Nate asked me if I gained weight”. This is important for the song because it helps create a “flow” within the song.
J Coles uses bending words so he can create rhyme within certain lines. Moreover, there are a few examples of bending words. Most repetition occurs by a word, by there is an example of repetition of an idea in Cole World. There are also a few examples of assonance, alliteration and repetition. In addition, to perfect rhyme J Cole also uses internal, end and imperfect rhyming.
For example, he often uses perfect internal rhymes and on occasion he uses perfect end rhymes. Although, J Cole puts many of the different types of rhymes together to create more complex line. J Cole does not use many complex devices in his music, rather he sticks to a few and uses them continuously throughout the song. The song contains 56 lines and about 540 words. The most common device he uses is a perfect rhyme. In J Coles popular song, Cole World he uses several different poetic and literary devices.
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