…the poem to emphasize his point, such as “Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover?” Simile: It is a device used to compare something with…
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Tweedledum And Tweedledee
…between objects different in nature. The poet used survival as an extended metaphor to show how man forgets everything when he confronts danger. Simile: It is a device used to…
Prairie Spring
…human emotions to inanimate objects, such as “unresponsive sky” or rich and silent land, or silence having lips. Simile: It means to show a direct comparison between things to clarify…
The Armadillo
…used the metaphor of the fire balloon as if they are men climbing mountains. Simile: It is an indirect comparison to clarify the meanings of one thing after it is…
Psalm 84
…the repetition of this phrase, reinforcing the address to God and highlighting His divine authority and power. Simile: It is a figure of speech that compares two different things using…
The Good Life
…metaphor of a lover for money. Simile: It is a figure of speech for direct comparison to understand the meanings of a thing being compared. For example, the poet used…
Balloons
…have lived with us” and “Moving and rubbing on the silk.” Simile: It is a device Used to compare something with something else to make the meanings clear to the…
A Cradle Song
…metaphor of sleep having brows or smiles that hover over the infant or the infant that is the delight of the mother. Simile: It is a figure of speech for…
The Rime of The Ancient Mariner Part II
…Simile: It is a direct comparison that clarifies the meaning of one thing is compared to another. The poet used several similes, such as, ‘As idle as a painted ship;…
I Am Not Yours
…poet used the metaphors of the spirit for her lover. Simile: It is a direct comparison of things to understand the one being compared. This poem shows the use of…
Barter
…an extended metaphor in the poem to show how it offers wonders to the people. Simile: It is a device used to compare something with something else to make the…
Courage
…attribute human emotions to inanimate objects. The poet used the personifications such as sorrow showing that it has emotions and a life of its own. Simile: This literary device shows…
Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798
…Simile: It means a direct comparison of things with the words as or like. The poem shows the use of similes, such as; I came among these hills; when like…
Terminus
…activities. He should keep a low profile and become a good person, softening his voice and keeping his foot within limits. Using the simile of a bird, a person must…
Reflections On Having Left a Place of Retirement
…line 32, “Grey clouds, that shadowing spot the sunny fields” shows Clouds are given the human quality of being able to cast shadows. Simile: It is a comparison between two…
Carpet-weavers, Morocco
…will travel in the merchant’s truck”, “Their braids are oiled and black, their dresses bright” and “Deep and soft, it will give when heaped with prayer.” Simile: It is a…
Break of Day
…Donne adds rhetorical questions in the poem to emphasize his point, such as “Must business thee from hence remove?” and “Why should we rise because ‘tis light?” Simile: It is…
A Leave-Taking
…of his beloved. Simile: The poem shows the use of similes such as “the world is bitter as a tear” and “we are gone, as though we had not been…
Under the Harvest Moon
…“under the” at the beginning of both stanzas, creating a parallel structure, emphasizing the setting, and creating a sense of unity. Simile: It is a figure of speech that compares…
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
…shone bright, and on the right, Went down into the sea.” As if the Sun is a person who can swim or dive. Simile: It is a figure of speech…
