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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago

Anthem

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle

Can patter out their hasty orisons.

No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;

Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,—

The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;

And bugles calling for them from sad shires.

There is a simile in the first line because the poet compares the soldiers to cattle.
There is a personification in the second line because the poet gives the rifles a human quality of being able to be monstrously angry and pray.

Could you please check if there are some figures of speech that I didn't mention?
  

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He also personifies the shells by making them crying. Are there other figures of speech?

  • He also personifies the shells by making them crying.
  • Are there other figures of speech?
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He also personifies the shells by making them crying.

Are there other figures of speech?

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