symbolism is considered to be figurative language.
onomatopoeia is a sound element that is a subheading of
figurative language.
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the thunder of a dinosaur's roar and the thunder of gunfire
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there is no relationship between word & their meaning
according to phonetic symbolism but there are words where there is
some underlying resemblance of meaning related to the surface
resemblance of the sound forming the words according to the sounds
symbolism. eg. slang slush
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It's black humour. They are trying to make it sound stupid. Very
stupid. It's symbolism about how the war was stupid.