Find figure of Speech in the line: 'And plant a barren wilderness with wheat'
Answers
Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelly
Simile: Comparison of words "my words among mankind" with "to ashes and sparks"
Metaphor: Comparison of the poet's voice to the wind as a trumpet of a prophecy
Alliteration: "O Wind, / If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?"
B) Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson
Imagery - "That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me”
Internal Rhyme - "I mete and dole"
Assonance: "It little profits that an idle king"
Personification: "By this still hearth, among these barren crags,"
Explanation:
Imagery implies using figurative language to represent actions, ideas, and objects, in a way it appeals to our physical senses
A simile makes a comparison, showing similarities between 2 different things. It draws resemblance with words as or like.
Assonance takes place when 2 or more words, close to each other repeat the same vowel sound, however begin with different consonant sounds
Alliteration is where several words, having the same 1st consonant sound, are close together in a set/series
A Metaphor makes an implied/implicit/hidden comparison between 2 things which are unrelated, however share a few common characteristics.
Internal rhyme is metrical lines wherein the middle words and the end words rhyme with each other.
Personification is where a thing/idea/animal is given human attributes.