Examples of Figures of Speech in Poetry

This collection showcases various examples of figures of speech used in poetry by renowned poets such as Andrew Marvell, Coleridge, Wordsworth, R.S. Thomas, and John Donne. The excerpts include metaphors, similes, personification, and other literary devices, offering a diverse range of creative expressions and colorful language that enhance the beauty and depth of the poems.

• Poetry
• Figures of Speech
• Andrew Marvell
• Coleridge
• Wordsworth

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1. Figures of Speech 1- An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes, and on thy forehead gaze Two hundred to adore each breast: But thirty thousand to the rest; (Andrew Marvell To His Coy Mistress )

2. 2-Day after day, day after day We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ship (Coleridge) 3- That life is but a tale of morning grass Withered at eve (Wordsworth, Sonnets: Trosachs )

3. 4- The Frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind (Coleridge) 5- The waves beside them danced; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee (Wordsworth

4. 6-A Short cut is often the longest way round 7- The child is the father of the man (Wordsworth, My Heart Leaps Up 8-The sound of silence 9-Dear Enemy

5. - Red rose -Living Deads - I wandered lonely as a cloud (William Wordsworth) - The hearts flower withers at the root R. S. Thomas, Song at the Year s Turning

6. 10- Alas, alas, who's injured by my love? What merchant's ships have my sighs drowned? Who says my tears have overflowed his ground (John Donne Canonization ) 11-If lily stands for purity, it is the example of .

7. The Golf Links 12- The golf links lie so near the mill That almost every day The labouring children can look out An see the men at play Sarah N. Cleghourn

8. Holy Sonnet 10 by John Donne -Line 1 2 figures of speech - In the line 1, the sentence beginning with though - line 4 - Line 5 - Line 9 - Line 10 - Line 12 - Line 14, 2 figures of speech

9. To the Evening Star by William Blake 1- Line 1, 2 figures of speech 2- In the 2, 1 figure of speech 3- in the first 3 lines, one figure of speech 4- in the first 4 line, one figure of speech 5- In the line 5 6- In the line 5, the sentence beginning with while and going on in the beginning of line 6

10. 7- line 7 8- line 8 9- line 9 10- line 10 Alliteration (head rhyme): the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of the words