asked 77.8k views
17 votes
Question 2

Read the following lines from "The Death of the Hired Man" by Robert Frost.
Part of a moon was falling down the west,
Dragging the whole sky with it to the hills.
What figure of speech is used in these lines?
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile

1 Answer

10 votes
I think it would be hyperbole. It’s exaggerating the actions of the moon.
answered
User Ivan Buttinoni
by
8.6k points