Question

Figurative language is an important tool for poets. Choose three examples of figurative language from the works in this unit and explain each one’s meaning within its work.

Answer 1

I have one example......In the sonnet “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns, Burns uses a metaphor to describe how long he will love the girl. He says he will love her until the seas dry up, rocks melt in the sun, and all the sands of time run out. This obviously means that he will love her forever.

Answer 2

where are we choosing the figurative language from?... a few are alliteration. personification, onamonapia, hyperbole, idiom, simile, and metaphor