Question

An elementary school classroom in a slum find figure of speech

Answer 1

Answer:

Figure of speech                   Example

Simile                       Like rootless weeds

Metaphor                 The paper-seeming boy

Metaphor                 civilized dome riding all cities

Metaphor                 their future’s painted with a fog

Metaphor                  A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky

Metaphor                  lives that slyly turn in their cramped holes

Metaphor                   On their slag heap

Simile                         like bottle bits on stones

Simile                       these windows That shut upon their lives like catacombs

Metaphor                 History is theirs whose language is the sun

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

There are many figures of speech used in the poem "An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum". The poet had used repetition of the word 'far' which helps the poet to focus on the word. Repetition helps in laying stress on the word. Alliteration can be seen in the sound 'f' which highlight the musical effect in the poem. The waves have been personified as 'gusty waves' by implying the human qualities to it. Both simile and metaphor have been used to build comparison. A simile is used in the line "like rootless weeds" where the children are compared with weeds with the help of the word 'like'. "With rat's eye" and "the paper seeming boy" are the examples of metaphor. There are many examples of these literary devices used in the poem.