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Jhumjhum Posted 14 years ago

Figure of speech

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From the neighbouring school

Come the boys,

With more than their wonted noise

And commotion;

And down the wet streets

Sail their mimic fleets,

Till the treacherous pool

Engulfs them in its whirling

And turbulent ocean

Please tell me what figure of speech is used in the highlighted lines ?
  

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It seems a metaphor to me.

— Mister Micawber

  • It seems a metaphor to me.
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It seems a metaphor to me.
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personification, prosopopoeia
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Mister Micawber, can you please explain me why do you think it metaphor .?
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I figured that 'pool' represented something else: they aren't really going to a swimming pool, are they?
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No it is a puddle created by rain water where boys sail there paper-ships .The drain underneath sucks the water creating a whirlpool in which the paper boats sink.I also thought it personification . I just verified it . Thanks both of you .
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Jhumjhum ... thought it personification.
I don't see how water engulfing paper ships is personification. Why is a person required for ships, paper or otherwise, to be engulfed?

The use of 'treacherous' seems as simple as ordinary exaggeration to me, so I'd call this hyperbole.

CJ
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CalifJim Jhumjhum ... thought it personification.I don't see how water engulfing paper ships is personification. Why is a person required for ships, paper or otherwise, to be engulfed?The use of 'treacherous' seems as simple as ordinary exaggeration to me, so I'd call this hyperbole.CJ
CJ I considered it personification because normally the word treacherous is
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JhumjhumI considered it personification because normally the word treacherous is used for person and here the pool is called treacherous
Your reasoning is correct.
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CalifJimThe use of 'treacherous' seems as simple as ordinary exaggeration to me, so I'd call this hyperbole.
And since I lost when it was revealed as a real puddle, I'm with CJ—if the pool is not really treacherous (unstable or insecure, as footing;dangerous; hazardous: a treacherous climb) but just a puddle where the kids enjoy playing.
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Jhumjhum... because normally the word treacherous is used for a person ...
Not necessarily, especially when applied to an inanimate. Since the noun here is 'pool', which isn't a person, it wasn't the meaning 'traitorous' that came to mind, but 'marked by hidden dangers, hazards, or perils' (Merriam-Webster).

It seems to me that the boys' imaginations
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