Another good example of hyperbole in Scottish poetry is in Robert Burns' poem A Red, Red Rose where the speaker talks about his everlasting love: 'Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear / And the ...

Another good example of hyperbole in Scottish poetry is in Robert Burns' poem A Red, Red Rose where the speaker talks about his everlasting love: 'Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear / And the ...

“My suitcase weighs a ton” or “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse” are common examples of that kind of hyperbole. But literature offers interesting examples of why hyperbole is much more ...