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