You are on page 1of 2

Sound device

1. The land was ours before we were the land's = Personification

2. Possessed what we now no more possessed = repetition

3. Until we found out = assonance

4. We were we gave = alliteration

5. Ourselves outright = assonance

Figurative language

1. Before we were the land's = personification

2. She was our land = personification

3. Our land more than a hundred years = symbolism

4. Such as she was , such as she would = simile


Figurative Language :

1. I have been one acquainted with the night = Hyperbole

2. Walked out in rain -- and back in rain = simile

3. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet = simile

4. And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain = personification

5. A luminary clock against the sky = personification

Sound device :

1. Walked out in rain and back in rain = repition

2. When far away an interrupted cry = rhyme

3. I have stood still and stopped the sound feet = alliteration

You might also like