Question

Read this excerpt from "Foreign Lands."

To where the roads on either hand
Lead onward into fairy land,
Where all the children dine at five,
And all the playthings come alive.

What is the effect of Robert Louis Stevenson’s use of figurative language in this stanza?

a. It shows that the author has the ability to see the future.
b. it emphasizes the dreamlike world of the speaker’s imagination.
c. It highlights that the speaker has visited many far-off places.
d. It illustrates what the speaker sees looking down from the tree.
pick a,b,c,or d

Answer 1

The correct answer is B.) It emphasizes the dreamlike world of the speaker’s imagination.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the stanza, the speaker makes use of positive, lighthearted words and figurative language that influence the poem as a whole, therefore emphasizing the dreamlike world of the speaker's imagination. I hope this helps! ^-^