Poets and song writers use different literary elements to embellish different aspects of the poem. Some use the elements to make the reader look at certain parts of the poem differently and others may use them to give a poem 'feeling'. In "Eye of the Tiger," Jim Petik uses imagery to compare the struggle of person to that of a tiger and also repetition to let the reader know that a person should never give up on their dreams. The song is written in ballad form, which also enhances the main idea of not giving up by showing the reader that dreams do come true.
             In the third stanza, Petik uses imagery to make the reader envision a tiger hunting its prey. The first two lines of the stanza Petik writes, "Face to face, out in the heat. Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry." He is comparing the hardship of a person trying to reach his goals to that of a tiger hunting for food. In the last two lines of the stanza it says, "Still we take to the streets, for the kill with the skill to survive." In those two lines, Petik combines the two different worlds using the word 'street' referencing the person, and 'kill' referencing the tiger.
             Eye of the Tiger is meant to be a motivating song; hence, Petik repeats certain lines making sure that, whoever the reader might be, they will have the 'strongest' lines implanted into their mind. He repeats the refrain three different times throughout the song and the most important line in the refrain is, "It's the eye of the tiger." The 'eye of the tiger' is the look in someone's eyes when they feel like they're unstoppable. Petik repeats that same line four more times at the end of the song which gives the reader a lasting impression that he or she has the 'eye of the tiger.' He also repeats the phrase "risin' up" once at the beginning of the song, and then ag...