Question

Paragraph #3: The quotation is an example of a metaphor and hyperbole. Explain why.

"How many a poor immortal soul have I met well-nigh crushed and smothered under its load, creeping down the road of life, pushing before it a barn seventy-five feet by forty, its Augean stables never cleansed, and one hundred acres of land, tillage, mowing, pasture, and woodlot!"

Answer 1

in this quote, it is possible to find an example of metaphor “well-nigh crushed and smothered under its load.” It might make reference to a person affected by bad lack, it portrays the state of mind in which a person can be "immortal soul".

On the other hand, a hyperbole can be spotted in “one hundred acres of land.” It might be said that if a person is smothered under a heavy load, he/she would not 'push acres of land or barns'