Question

2. Identify and explain any five figures of speech from the following passage:I leant upon a coppice gateWhen Frost was spectre-gray,And Winter's dregs made desolateThe weakening eye of day.The tangled vine-stems scoured the sky,Like strings of broken lyres,And all mankind that haunted nighHad sought their household fires,​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Alliteration: the sound of the word 'd' is repeated

Personification: the day has been given the human quality of weakening eye

Simile: The tangled vine- stems have been compared to broken lyres using the word like