Figurative Language Poem 5
               
               Sleep by Annie Matheson
               
              
		    
          
		 	
		  
		  
Which is an example of PERSONIFICATION?
Tired roses, passionately sweet, / Are leaning on their cool green leaves,
The buds that grow
The air is like a mother's hand / Laid softly on a throbbing brow,
 Let me forget all earthly things / In sleep to-night!
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Which is an example of SIMILE?
SOFT silence of the summer night!
White lilies, pure as falling snow,
A maze of tangled fragrance
Music of sleepy winds, that bless / The buds that grow.
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How do you know that this is SIMILE? What two things are being compared?
 
									
								
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Which is an example of METAPHOR?
A maze of tangled fragrance
Let me forget all earthly things / In sleep to-night!
White lilies, pure as falling snow,
The air is like a mother's hand / Laid softly on a throbbing brow,
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Which is an example of ALLITERATION?
Tired roses, passionately sweet,
SOFT silence of the summer night!
White lilies, pure as falling snow,
A maze of tangled fragrance weaves,
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Which technique best describes the following lines from this poem: 
  
"Lulled by the breath of evening"
Personification
Understatement
Simile
Hyperbole
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Which best describes the MOOD of this poem?
Tense and anxious
Frantic and fast-paced
Energetic and exciting
Dozy and restful
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