Question

2 Identify the figure of speech 1 point
used in the expression her face
action like that of a corpse
O Simile
O Metaphor
O Assonance
O Transferred epithet​

Answer 1

Simile
The figure of speech used in these lines is 'Simile. ' The poet uses the expression “ashen like that of a corpse” to compare the face of her aging mother to that of a corpse. Such a comparison between two different entities used to make a description more vivid is called a simile.