Figure of speech

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Could you please give us an excerpt showing the figure of speech you're asking about?
Most poems are loaded with them.

Best wishes, - A.

I looked it up. The only thing I see from a cursory reading is what I'd call the personification of the woman's feet.

Someone else may spot what you're referring to.

http://www.amandashome.com/somemother.html

AvangiSomeone else may spot what you're referring to.

Well, I certainly didn't see any personification. Is "a sticky sweet" or "a sentimentality" a figure of speech?

Thanks, Jim. Right under the proverbial nose!

Hmmmm, How do you lead someone's feet?

Avangi How do you lead someone's feet?

It might just be metaphoric lead. Anything heavy will do. Cement boots?

I thought it might be 'antithesis' (or whatever it's called)- the surprise at the end, where the old lady prays for 'somebody's son' after the boy has been thoughtful to 'somebody's mother'. That seems to me to be the significant figure of speech for the poem overall.

Hegel's contrbution to poetry?
But I think you're absolutely right.

AvangiHegel's contrbution to poetry?

But where is the dividing line between "figure

Perhaps we can agree on a category for "whatever." Didn't it recently win a contest for "most despised word," or something like that?

AvangiDidn't it recently win a contest for "most despised word," or something like that?

I vaguely recall that, yes. But I like the word. I never would have voted it the most despised word.