1. NOT AFRAID

2. “Not Afraid” song, basically tells some facts in Eminem’s life. He raised in a really bad neighborhood. Eminem, as a young man, was under heavy addiction to drugs, and to recover and rap under these conditions was difficult to him.

3. He said to New York Post “I had to learn to write and rap again, and I had to do it sober and 100 percent clean. That didn’t feel good at first… I mean it in the literal sense. I actually had to learn how to say my lyrics again. How to phrase them, make them flow, how to use force so they sounded like I meant them…”

4. There are really important literary devices in “Not Afraid” song. To be honest, there isn’t much symbolism in the music video, at least not occult symbolism anyway. But lyrically speaking, the message the song delivers is very much loud and clear, so not much explanation is required. However, some people might not fully understand the metaphors Eminem uses in this song and may have missed out on important little details, so this gives us a good excuse to look at it in more depth.

5. “Everybody come take my hand”: This line describes Eminem needs help in his most desperate time, and how even though he knew what was facing him, he had to do it, and he was “Not Afraid”. The album this song belongs to is named “Recovery”, which is what Eminem had to do.

6. “…through the storm “: In the line where Eminem says “We'll walk this road together, through the storm”. Two things that are unlike being related Storm- Escape. Eminem’s life was even worse than storm so Eminem saw storm as an escape.

7. “His gift is a curse…”: Two things that are unlike are being related gift-curse “But you won't take the sting out these words before I say 'em”: In this line Eminem implies that this song will sting anyone who tries to control him.

8. “To pull his dick from the dirt, and fuck the whole universe”: This line is an example of a hyperbole because of the intentional use of exaggeration. “And raise it, you couldn’t lift a single shingle on it”: Assonance because of the repeating middle sound.

9. “Thought I had it mapped out but I guess I didn't, this fucking black cloud/still follows me around”: This line is an example of personification because human characteristics are given to a cloud. Clouds cannot walk.

10. “It's a game called circle and I don't know how, I'm way too up to back down/But I think I'm still trying to figure this crap out”: This line is a major point of symbolism, because it shows that even with all his fame, he’s still confused, most likely referring to his drug addiction, and its physical and mental affects on him.

11. “He's married to the game, like a fuck you for Christmas/His gift is a curse” : This symbolizes himself in his position and his hatred to the place his rap has gotten him, where he refers to it as a curse.