Question

What is the figurative language in this paragraph from JFK's inaugural speech?

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

Answer 1

It repeats the word “ask” in sentences with similar structures.

Step-by-step explanation:

It repeats the word “ask” in sentences with similar structures.

Answer 2

The figure of speech, if I am not mistaken is personification. JFK is stating that the country can do something(implying human characteristics), but the country CAN'T literally  do something for you in the way that is implied.