…sweet self-prove” and “My soul doth tell my body that he may.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between objects that are…
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Proverbs 10:22
…of /o/ and /i/ in ‘it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.‘ Metaphor – The verse is also a good metaphor as ‘he addeth no sorrow with…
Spring
…Hopkins has used imagery in this poem such as “Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush” and “A strain of the earth’s sweet being in the beginning.” Metaphor: It…
The New Colossus
…built to seek fame. Metaphor: Emma has used a metaphor in her poem in the fourth line, “Whose frame is the imprisoned lightning.” Here she compares the light of the…
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
…Metaphor: Wordsworth uses one metaphor in this poem in the last stanza “They flash upon that inward eye.” Here “inward eye” represents the sweet memory of daffodils. Imagery: The use…
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
…Metaphor: The poem doesn’t have any metaphors. However, there are two extended metaphors in the poem. The last line of the third stanza, “sweep of easy wind and downy flake”…
Acquainted with the Night
…Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between the objects different in nature. There is an extended metaphor where the speaker’s loneliness and…
We Wear the Mask
…Dunbar has not stated that the poem is about African Americans. However, the subject of the poem “mask” reveals his feelings about the pains of slavery. Metaphor: The poet has…
Sonnet 106
…speaker ironically mentions historic poems to speak about the beauty of his friends. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between objects that…
Sonnet 75
…food to life”, “Then better’d that the world may see my pleasure” and “Save what is had, or must from you be took.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech…
Life is but a Dream
…“A boat, beneath a sunny sky”, “Eager eye and willing ear,” and “Still she haunts me, phantomwise.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is…
America
…“Although she feeds me bread of bitterness”, “Her vigor flows like tides into my blood” and “Like priceless treasures sinking in the sand.” Metaphor: It is a figure of speech…
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
…rays” is for sight, and “throat to sing” is for hearing. Metaphors: There are two major metaphors. The first metaphor is of the free bird that is for the white…
The Raven
…and to help readers interpret the poem. Here is the analysis of some of the devices used in “The Raven.” Metaphor: The first metaphor used in this poem is the…
Dulce et Decorum Est
…coughing like hags”, “like a man in fire or lime” and “like a devil’s sick of sin.” Metaphor: There is only one metaphor used in this poem. It is used…
Wild Nights – Wild Nights
…word ‘Eden’ alludes to paradise or real heaven. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between different persons and objects. For example, ‘sea’…
A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss
…essence in the song as the poet compares himself directly with rolling stone and prefers to enjoy his life being a traveler. Therefore, it is an extended metaphor of the…
The Twelve Days of Christmas
…he/she has received. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between the objects different in nature. The song is an extended metaphor as…
Harlem
…all these metaphorical representations may be left unattended, he suggests another metaphor that is of something having sap in it. He seems to show that it just sags like “a…
To a Mouse
…are the symbol of destruction. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between the objects that are different in nature. The poem is…
