Hyperbole is exaggerating for a purpose – it is not meant to be taken literally and it's used to emphasise a point. In his poem Sounds of the Day, Norman MacCaig describes the end of a relationship.

Hyperbole is exaggerating for a purpose – it is not meant to be taken literally and it's used to emphasise a point. In his poem Sounds of the Day, Norman MacCaig describes the end of a relationship.