We are presented with a libertine speaker talking of many lovers. He suggests that, though he has spoken about the pain of love, it is only ‘Love’s pleasures’ that he cares about. As such, he has ‘betrayed’ ‘a thousand beauties’. He claims to have been a callous and deceiving lover, telling ‘the fair’ about the ‘wounds and smart’ they long to hear of, then ‘laughing’ and leaving. The poem is written in three elegant septets. Notice the iambic tetrameter and consider how important form might be to the theme of this particular kind of love and betrayal.
This speaker may not be entirely honest. The final stanza begins with ‘Alone’. Is there any sense of regret here? The speaker claims to be ‘Without the hell’ of love, yet in the same line we find reference to the ‘heaven of joy’. He may even also sacrificed his joy with his promiscuous love.
I believe the correct answer is hyperbole.
Hyperbole is a rhetorical figure of speech which show some kind of exaggeration - in this particular example, the hyperbole is found in the words 'an hundred years.' This is so because the poet won't really spend a hundred years to praise the woman's eyes, but is rather exaggerating a bit.
Ricochet is the rebound that happens when you fire a gun at an object that deflects the bullet. In other words, fire all you want at Sia because anything negative will just be deflected.
Lyrically, Sia’s referring to the criticism and negativity that’s directed at her – the bullets – but she won’t be affected at all. She’s strong and immune to it like titanium is to bullets.
Hope this helps.
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