Question

Which technique is being used? Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

1. Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed

2. There’s a faucet in the basement / that had dripped one drop all year
since he fixed it, we can’t find it / without wearing scuba gear.

3. When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears,

4. The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

5. The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play.
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,

6. The sun was shining on the sea, / Shining with all his might:

7. The leaves are little yellow fish / swimming in the river.

8. The old clock down in the parlor / Like a sleepless mourner grieves,

9. By the lakes that thus outspread / Their lone waters, lone and dead / Their sad waters, sad and chilly

10. Fame is a bee. / It has a song -- / It has a sting --

Answer 1

Question Answer

simile Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed

personification When the stars threw down their spears, And water'd heaven with their tears

metaphor The moon was a ghostly galleon (ship) tossed upon cloudy seas, The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

hyperbole I do not care to talk to you although Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies

personification The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might:

metaphor The leaves are little yellow fish swimming in the river.

metaphor Fame is a bee. It has a son--It has a sting

personification The sunshine threw his hat away.

hyperbole I could stare into your eyes as a thousand years come and go.

simile What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?

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