Personification
In “Carry On” Stephen Stills of CSNY conveys enchanting personification in order to get his point across that life is a cycle and that “love is coming to us all”. While saying “The sky is clearing and the night has cried enough” he is referring to a storm that had taken place; more or less a break-up that the he was devastated by and is starting to get over; also now in the morning he is seeing the sun and the world is starting to “soften up”. While using this relaxing personification he adds a hyperbole in the mix which carries on the song by talking about “new eyes” which relates to the new outlook and perspective he has on the sudden change in his life. With his girlfriend leaving so abruptly he is left with questions, “questions of a thousand dreams”, because he doesn’t know what he did wrong for the reasons why she left. Stephen Still writes a song that is about losing love, without knowing the reasons why, and putting personification in to add another dimension to the cliché topic.
