Read the following excerpt from Emily Dickinson’s “I Like to See It Lap the Miles” and answer the question.
And neigh like Boanerges–
Given that “Boanerges” is an epithet usually translated as “sons of thunder” that Jesus gave to two of his disciples, which of the following types of figurative language does Dickinson employ in its use in this line?
personification
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
alliteration