Question

Identify and explain the figures of speech in

the following sentences :


(i) Only someone with a heart of stone

can be so cruel to a child.

(ii) The little stars looked like diamonds

in the sky.

(iii) The flames lit up the whole sky.

(iv) Now night is near, now needful

nature nods.

(v) And death shall be no more, death

thou shalt die.

Answer 1

(I) Metaphor, because here the heart is symbolised as stone.
(ii) Simile, because the stars are compared to diamonds.
(iii) Personification, because the flames are so bright that they are personified, as if their light is reaching whole sky.
(iv) Alliteration, because there's a repeted sound of 'N'

Answer 2

1.metaphor as it compares heart to stone
2.similie as it compares stars to diamonds using as
3.personification as flames are considered as light which has lit up the sky
4.alliteration as it has repetition of n
5.personification as death is considered to be a man who will die