Question

Identify and explain the figure of speech in the first line of the extract. What was the cause of
the death?

Answer 1

Answer:

The figure of speech in the first line of the poem is anthropomorphism, the attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a god, animal, or object. The poet gives the horse a human quality of being capable of thinking

PERSONIFICATION: In Personification, inanimate objects and abstract notions are spoken of as having life and intelligence. Examples: Death lays its icy hands on King.

Answer 2

Answer:

The poet uses euphemism in the last line of the poem. The phrase 'the sleep of dead' indirectly refers to a sleep from which one would ...

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