Question

remember they have eyes like ours that wake or sleep (figure of speech​

Answer 1

The figure of speech used in the given sentence is ' antithesis'.

Antithesis is a figure of speech in which two totally opposite ideas are expressed in a same sentence. It is used to enhance the effectiveness of the sentence.

The given sentence is Remember they have eyes like ours that wake or sleep. In this sentence the idea of eyes waking up and sleeping is expressed in a same sentence which makes it an antithesis.

Answer 2

The figure of speech used in the sentence is Simile.

• The phrase is from the poem No Men are Foreign by James Kirkup.
• The phrase describes the meaning that people who we consider foreign or strange are similar to us in some way. They also sleep, eat and wake up like us every day.
• A simile figure of speech compares two different things. In the sentence the simile is used in eyes like ours.