whats a hyperbole, metaphor alliteration and personification peice from mending wall
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whats a hyperbole, metaphor alliteration and personification peice from mending wall
A metaphor compares the stone blocks to loaves and balls. A metaphor-hyperbole compares the method of placing the rocks to a spell.
"And some are loaves and some so nearly balls
We have to use a spell to make them balance:
"Stay where you are until our backs are turned!"
A personification (quoted sentence) treats the blocks as persons.
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall."
In lines 32 and 33, Frost uses alliteration: Before I built a wall I'd ask to know / What I was walling in or walling out.
"And some are loaves and some so nearly balls
We have to use a spell to make them balance:
"Stay where you are until our backs are turned!"
A personification (quoted sentence) treats the blocks as persons.
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall."
In lines 32 and 33, Frost uses alliteration: Before I built a wall I'd ask to know / What I was walling in or walling out.
Source(s): Mending Wall
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