All figures of speech examples at one place:
2.1 Animals
Identify the Figures of Speech in the following lines.
(1) I think I could turn and live with animals.
Ans. Repetition: The word ‘I’ is repeated for the poetic effect.
(2) I stand and look at them long and long.
Ans. Repetition: The word ‘long’ is repeated for the poetic effect.
(3) Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented …
Ans. Repetition: The words ‘not, one’ are repeated for the poetic effect.
(4) They do not sweat and whine about their condition.
Ans. Personification: Animals are given the human quality of sweating and whining.
(5) They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.
Ans. Alliteration: Repetition of the sound of ‘m’ and ‘d’.
(6) … Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
Ans. Hyperbole: Over exaggerated statement is expressed.