Question

Which five lines in this excerpt from Mary Otis Warren's poem "A Political Reverie" use figurative language?

I look with rapture at the distant dawn,
And view the glories of the opening morn,
When justice holds his sceptre o’er the land,

And rescues freedom from a tyrant’s hand;
When patriot states in laurel crowns may rise,
And ancient kingdoms court them as allies;
Glory and valour shall be here display'd,
And virtue rear her long dejected head;
Her standard plant beneath these gladden’d skies,
Her fame extend, and arts and science rise;
While empire’s lofty spreading sails unfurl’d,
Roll swiftly on towards the western world

Answer 1

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Which five lines in this excerpt from Mary Otis Warren's poem "A Political Reverie" use figurative language?

1) When justice holds his sceptre oer the land, and rescues freedom from a tyrant's hand.

2) And virtue rear her long dejected head ;

3) her standard plant beneath these gladden'd skies, her fame extend, and arts and science rise;

4) While empire's lofty spreading sails unfurl'd ,

5) Rolls swiftly on towards the western world.

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Answer 2

1.) When justice holds his sceptre oer the land.

2.) And rescues freedom from a tyrant's hand.

3.) When patriot states in laurel crowns may rise.

4.) And virtue rear her long dejected head.

5.) While empires loftly spreading sails unfurld

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