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Sundarnaz Posted 5 years ago
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Simile, metaphor, imagery and personification

1) I wandered lonely as a cloud. (Simile)

2) He stirred his velvet head. (Metaphor)

3) Even if they are a crowd of sorrows. (Personification)

4) I faked a small smile and then shifted away. (Imagery)

5) Which is the bliss of solitude. (Metaphor)

6) They looked like frightened Beads, I thought- (simile)

7) A host of golden daffodils. (Personification)

8) This being human as a guest house. (Simile)

9) The weed before me was dying or dead. (Personification)

10) Ten thousand saw I at a glance, (imagery)

Have I classified the lines correctly, please?

Thanks.

  

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Hi That's quite a lot of questions in one go! I have no problem with 1, 2, 3, 6, 8 and 10. The others I would need to think about.

  • Hi That's quite a lot of questions in one go!
  • I have no problem with 1, 2, 3, 6, 8 and 10.
  • The others I would need to think about.
  • In some cases, it depends on the context of the poem I love the Rumi quotes at 3 and 8 Dave
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Hi

That's quite a lot of questions in one go! I have no problem with 1, 2, 3, 6, 8 and 10. The others I would need to think about. In some cases, it depends on the context of the poem

I love the Rumi quotes at 3 and 8

Dave

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