Question

The figure of speeches in Lord Ullin's Daughter

Answer 1

The poet has used alliteration and personification figures of speech in the poem predominantly. The examples of alliteration are as follows: bonny bride (line 15); hardy Highland (line 18); bonny bird (line 21); the water wild went (line 55). The examples of personification are: waves are raging white (line 23); water-wraith shrieking(line 26) ;scowl of heaven's face (line 28)