…it, and one eye is weeping From a twig’s having lashed across it open.” Hyperbole: Hyperbole is a device used to exaggerate a statement for the sake of emphasis. For…
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Love’s Philosophy
…such as the use of /n/ sound in “In one spirit meet and mingle” and the sound of /w/ in “What is all this sweet work worth.” Hyperbole: Hyperbole is…
My Parents
…in the street And climbed cliffs and stripped by the country streams.” Hyperbole: Hyperbole is a device used to exaggerate a statement for the sake of emphasis. For example, “I…
Mary Had a Little Lamb
…line, couplet or stanza such as; “And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go.” Hyperbole: Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which the writer purposefully and…
In the Bleak Midwinter
…Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line such as the sound of /o/ in “Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain”. Hyperbole: Hyperbole…
This Little Piggy
…little piggy went to market”. Hyperbole: Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which the writer purposefully exaggerates something to an extreme. For example, “This little piggy had none” the…
John Henry
…Hyperbole: Hyperbole is a device used to exaggerate a statement for the sake of emphasis. For example, “It’s nothing but my hammer catching wind.” Here hammer is both exaggerated and…
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer
…in quick succession. For example, the sounds of /m/ and /t/ in “In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time”. Hyperbole: Hyperbole is a device used to exaggerate…
My Son My Executioner
…Who seemed to live forever Observe enduring life in you And start to die together. Hyperbole: Hyperbole is a device used to exaggerate a statement for the sake of emphasis….
O Me! O Life!
…poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me.” Hyperbole: Hyperbole is a device used to exaggerate a statement for the sake of emphasis. For…
Ephesians 2:10
…his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them’. Hyperbole – Ephesians 2:10 is also a good example of…
1 Thessalonians 5:18
…in In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Hyperbole – As the verse requires the readers or Christians to be…
Matthew 25:23
…talents to explain the importance of learning, investing, and gaining financial blessing through that act. Hyperbole – The verse Matthew 25:23 is also a good example of hyperbole as Jesus…
John 8:32
…ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free’. Hyperbole – The verse is also a good example of hyperbole as the speaker, Jesus, is exaggerating the…
James 5:16
…Hyperbole – The verse is a good example of hyperbole as it appears to have exaggerated the role of confession and prayer. Also, a person is not likely to be…
Examples Of Figurative Language In Poetry
…Symbolism, Alliteration, Hyperbole, and many more. For a detailed list refer to this article: https://literarydevices.net/figurative-language/. Here are a few examples of figurative languages in a poetry Ode To A Nightingale…
John 14:2
…a promise and assurance from Jesus to His readers. It also consists of some significant literary devices. Here are the examples. Hyperbole – The phrase ‘In my Father’s house are…
1 Peter 5:7
…verse. For example, the sound of /r/ in ‘Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you’. Hyperbole – The verse is also a good example of Hyperbole…
Proverbs 18:22
…sound of /o/ in ‘obtaineth favour of the Lord’. Hyperbole – The verse Proverbs 18:22 might be a good example of hyperbole, as King Solomon appears to have exaggerated the…
Isaiah 60:22
…a strong nation’. Hyperbole – The verse is also a good example of hyperbole as the speaker is exaggerating the words said by God that he will speed up their…
