Question

Read these lines from the poem and answer the question.

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You were the tears of a man who cried
into a plaid handkerchief.
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Which poetic device does the poet use in these lines?

A) simile
B) onomatopoeia
C) personification
D) metaphor

Answer 1

Yes, I agree, it is definitely a metaphor- it’s a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else. Onomatopoeia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the sound that it describes. A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things, often using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. And personification is the attribution of personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

metaphor

Step-by-step explanation:

I think it's a metaphor because the person isn't actually a tear from a man.

it couldn't be simile because he isn't using like or as

it couldn't be onomatopoeia because there are no words that look as they sound

and it couldn't be personification because its isn't giving a character trait to a non human