The phrase is a metaphor comparing the lonely, curving road over a desolate moor to a sleek, curled or twisting ribbon, perhaps bright yellow in the moonlight. The Romany people ("Gypsies") are known for their colorful traditional costumes and have a reputation, unearned or not, for being thieves. This excerpt is from the poem, "The Highwayman," by Alfred Noyes, and tells the tragic love story of a robber and his sweetheart.
The figure of speech in the first line is Simile.
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The sentence you provided is an example of personification. personification: a figure of speech in which an idea, object or animal are given human qualities
The figure of speech in the first line is Simile.
What figure of speech is used in the line ''spring is the daughter of heaven and earth.
the figue of speech for 1 line is alliteration for 3 line is imagery for 4 line ismetophor and for 6 line is simely
the figue of speech for 1 line is alliteration for 3 line is imagery for 4 line ismetophor and for 6 line is simely
The figure of speech used in the bold line "Life is a broken-winged bird" is a simile. A simile is a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" to show similarity.
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alliteration
A Simile or a metaphor.
One line in the poem "Moonlight on Manila Bay" that shows a figure of speech is "the stars are slowly winking out," which uses personification by attributing human-like qualities to the stars.
The opening line of Mama Rose in Gypsy is "Sing out, Louise!"
The figure of speech used is personification, where the heart is given human-like qualities of being able to think and feel devotion.