Question

What are the figure of speech used in the poem"The Village Schoolmaster"

Answer 1

Answer:

The figures of speech used in the poem The Village Schoolmaster are repetition, metonymy, antithesis, etc

Answer 2

Answer :

Gray, for example, uses alliteration frequently in this poem. Alliteration occurs when words in close proximity begin with the same letter. Some examples in the poem are the repeated "s" sounds in "severe he was, and stern to view" in line 5, the "d" sound in "days disasters" in line 8, and the "l" sound in "love he bore to learning" in line 14. These create a pleasing sense of rhythm and emphasis.

Metonymy is when either the part stands in for the whole or the whole stands in for the part. In this poem, Gray repeatedly uses the "village" as a whole to report the common wisdom reported by people within the village.

Gray uses antithesis , or the literary device of putting opposites together, such as in "noisy mansion" and "little school." "Little school" expresses the literal reality of the place where the schoolmaster taught, while "mansion" expresses the emotional reality of the space

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