Question

Hear the loud alarum bells—

Brazen bells!
What tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!
In the startled ear of night
How they scream out their affright!
Too much horrified to speak,
They can only shriek, shriek,

Which device of figurative language does the text in bold use? (2 points)

Allusion

Hyperbole

Idiom

Personification

Answer 1

idioms. They use idioms because they don't actually mean "in the startled ear of the night." it's an idiom because they don't mean it but say it, it's like the idiom "break a leg" for good luck, it isn't telling you to actually break your leg.

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