Question

Which figurative language comes across most clearly in this excerpt from T.S. Eliot's "Preludes"?

The winter evening settles down
With smell of steaks in passageways.
Six o'clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scraps
Of withered leaves about your feet
And newspapers from vacant lots;
The showers beat
On broken blinds and chimney-pots,
And at the corner of the street
A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps.
And then the lighting of the lamps.

irony
imagery
repetition
hyperbole
euphemism

Answer 1

it is definitely imagery

Answer 2

Answer: B) Imagery.

Explanation: Imagery is a literary device that consists in the use of figurative language or detailed descriptions in order to evoke the senses of the reader and to create a mental picture. In the given excerpt from T. S. Eliot's "Preludes" we can see a clear example of the use of imagery, in phrases like "With smell of steaks in passageways," "Of withered leaves about your feet," etc.