…are reading. The image of the road helps readers to visualize the road providing a navigation route to the traveler. Simile: A simile is a device used to compare things…
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It Was Not Death for I Stood Up
…The poet has used an indirect simile such as “And yet, it tasted, like them all” as the like shows it is a simile. Symbolism: Symbolism is using symbols to…
Kubla Khan
…some literary devices used in this poem. 1) Simile: Simile is a figure of speech in which two things with different qualities are compared to present a vivid description of…
The World is Too Much With Us
…tune.” Simile: Simile is a device used to compare something to another thing to let the readers know what it is. There is only one simile used in line seven…
Song of the Witches: Double, Double Toil and Trouble
…giving them symbolic meanings that are different from the literal meanings. Shakespeare used the word “cauldron” as the symbol of witchcraft. Simile: A simile is a figure of speech used…
The New Colossus
…his ideas using these literary devices. Their appropriate use has made this poem meditative and thoughtful for the reader. Analysis of Literary Devices in “The New Colossus” Simile: Simile is…
My Last Duchess
…his last lady, as he is going to marry again. Simile: Simile is a device used to compare something with something else to make the meanings clear. There is only…
Invictus
…and /b/ sound in “bloody but unbowed.” Simile: A simile is a device used to compare two different objects to understand meanings by comparing these object’s qualities. There is one…
She Walks in Beauty
…these literary devices. The analysis of some of the devices used in this poem is given below. Simile: A simile is a device used to compare two different objects to…
Pied Beauty
…emphasize his point. Simile: Simile is a device used to compare something with something else to make the meanings clear to the readers. There is only one simile used in…
Hamlet Act-I, Scene-III Study Guide
…Simile Simile means to compare one thing with another for a better explanation, such as: “But, good my brother, Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep…
Examples Of Figurative Language In Children’s Poetry and Rhymes
…of figurative languages you can find in poetry are Simile, Metaphor, Symbolism, Alliteration, Hyperbole, and many more. For a detailed list refer to this article: //literarydevices.net/figurative-language/. Here are a few…
A Diamond in the Rough
…has been used as per the true meaning. The phrase has been famous to this day. Also, it is also generally used as a simile where a person is compared…
My Papa’s Waltz
…shirt.” Simile: There is only one simile used in this poem. It is used in the third line, “But I hung on like death.” The poet compares the child’s affection…
Twelfth Night
…posing question by answering it themselves. The next example again shows the same thing as the tag question. 19. Simile: A simile is a figure of speech that makes a…
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
…of a compass. Simile: A simile is a device used to compare an object or a person with something else to make the meanings clear to the readers. Donne has…
To Autumn
…the women and “the sun” symbolically stands for a male. Similarly, “gathering swallows” symbolizes the end of autumn. Simile: A simile is a figure of speech used to compare an…
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
…Simile: A simile is a device used to compare two different objects to understand meanings by comparing these object’s qualities. “The streets that follow like a tedious argument” is one…
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
…the 8th stanza “For you never shut your eye” as if the star is a person who keeps its eyes open and doesn’t go to sleep. 2. Simile: A simile…
The Spider and the Fly
…to the Fly Simile: It is a figure of speech for direct comparison to understand the meanings of a thing being compared. For example, the poet has used the simile…
