Question

Which type of literary or figurative device is being used in the first two lines of this poem? A) hyperbole B) metaphor C) personification D) understatement View Passage | Disable Passage Scrolling George Gray Edgar Lee Masters I have studied many times The marble which was chiseled for me-- A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor. In truth it pictures not my destination But my life. 5 For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment; Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid; Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances. Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life. And now I know that we must lift the sail 10 And catch the winds of destiny Wherever they drive the boat. To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-- 15 It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.

Answer 1

The literary device used in the first two lines of 'George Gray' by Edgar Lee Masters is a metaphor, drawing a comparison between the speaker's life and a boat with a furled sail at rest.

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The first two lines of 'George Gray' by Edgar Lee Masters utilize the literary device known as a metaphor. The lines compare the marble statue chiseled for the speaker to a boat with a furled sail at rest, symbolizing the speaker's life without action or fulfillment. This direct comparison between the seemingly unrelated objects — the marble and the boat — without using 'like' or 'as' illustrates the essence of a metaphor in figurative language. The device allows the reader to grasp a deeper meaning behind the text by associating the qualities of the tangible object (a boat at rest) with the experiences and emotions of the speaker's life.

Answer 2

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