Question

"He told the men that they must rest, that they mustn't worry, that they must sleep: and rest seemed to slip into their tired bones; calmness pushed their anxieties away, and sleep fell on their tired eyelids like the light rain of spring on the earth"


a) What figures of speech have been used in the above quoted lines?

b) Explain the quoted lines and analyse the character referred to as 'he' .​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) personification (of rest, calmness and sleep)

simile (tired eyelids like the light rain)

b) He seems to be a character whose objective is to reassure and the paragraph explains his effect on the men who became relaxed due to his words.

Explanation:

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