Question

Match the figure of speech with the quotation that best illustrates it. 1. "Golden slumbers kiss your eyes" metaphor 2. "And be you blithe and bonny" personification 3. "At last he set her both his eyes / She won, and Cupid blind did rise" simile 4. "Fair-lined slippers for the cold / with buckles of the purest gold." allusion 5. "It [love] is the star to every wand'ring bark" imagery 6. "Like to the lark at break of day arising..." alliteration

Answer 1

1) "Golden slumbers kiss your eyes" - PERSONIFICATION

2) "And be you blithe and bonny" - ALLITERATION

3) "At last he set her both his eyes / She won, and Cupid blind did rise" - METAPHOR

4) "Fair-lined slippers for the cold / with buckles of the purest gold - IMAGERY

5) "It (love) is the star to every wand'ring bark" - ALLUSION

6) "Like to the lark at break of day arising" - SIMILE

Answer 2

1) "Golden slumbers kiss your eyes" - PERSONIFICATION
2) "And be you blithe and bonny" - ALLITERATION
3) "At last he set her both his eyes / She won, and Cupid blind did rise" - METAPHOR
4) "Fair-lined slippers for the cold / with buckles of the purest gold - IMAGERY
5) "It (love) is the star to every wand'ring bark" - ALLUSION
6) "Like to the lark at break of day arising" - SIMILE