Name the figure of speech used in the above lines ,Quote the lines.
when you are old
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Answer:
Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things with their five senses. He has used imagery in the poem such as, “And nodding by the fire, take down this book”, “And bending down beside the glowing bars” and “And paced upon the mountains overhead”.
Symbolism: Symbolism is using symbols to signify ideas and qualities, giving them symbolic meanings different from literal meanings. Here, “grey and weak and full of sleep” symbolizes an elderly woman. “Fire” is the symbol of fiery love she once rejected and “mountain overhead” and “crowd of stars” stand for things she knows exists but she can’t reach them.
Consonance: Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line such as the sound of /n/ in “And bending down beside the glowing bars” and “And paced upon the mountains overhead”.
Alliteration: Alliteration is a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of the letters in the same line. For example, the sound of /h/ in “And hid his face amid a crowd of stars”.
Personification: Personification is to give human characteristics to inanimate objects. For example, “Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled”, as if the love is human and it can move.
Enjambment: It is defined as a thought in a verse that does not come to an end at a line break; instead, it rolls over to the next line.
Answer:
personification
Explanation:
given the quality of living things to the non living things