figure of speech in the poem "somebody's mother" by mary dow brine
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Figure of speech in the poem "Somebody's Mother" by Mary Dow Brine are:
The woman was old and ragged and gray - repartition
Unheeding the glance of her anxious eye – synecdoche
[Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole or a whole represent a part of it.]
Came happy boys like a flock of sheep - simile
[Simile, on the other hand, is the direct comparison between two things. It compares two things by using ‘as’ or ‘like.’]
Hastened the children on their way - inversion
She placed and so without hurt or harm – alliteration
[Alliteration is a literary device in which words with the same consonant sound or syllable occur. It gives a poem a different and a unique rhythm.]
The use of hyperbole in the lines 'ragged and grey... bent with chill.'
[Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement which is not meant to be taken literally.]