Question

Locate and list at least two metaphors, two similes, and two examples of onomatopoeia in the poems in this unit. Be sure to label each of these six items with the title of the poem in which you found it. Example:“Hark to the winds, how they whistle and rush” is ONOMATOPOEIA. (“Lenore”);

Answer 1

“And clank, clank, clank! came every rank” is onomatopoeia. (“Lenore”)

“And proudly the tall plumes wave and droop” is onomatopoeia. (Lenore”)

“Dropped off like brittle tinder!” is a simile. (“Lenore”)

“The wind was a torrent of darkness” is a metaphor. (The Highwayman)

“Made my heart swell, and still it grew” is a metaphor. (Porphyria’s Lover)

“Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say” is a simile. (TheHighwayman)