Question

Dentify the figurative language used by Amy Lowell in "Prime."

Write a paragraph of at least 5 sentences in which you identify at least 3 examples of figurative language in the poem and explain how those examples convey meaning in the poem.

Answer 1

A literary device that compares two things using "like" or "as" is a Smilie

"Your fancies are the gold-and-black striped wasps buzzing among red apples" is an example of a meteor

"The wealth of ten thousand kings could not buy my love" is an example of Hyperbole

"And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true" is an example of Oxymoron

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