A poem with at least 4 figures of speech?

Question

i need a poem, any poem that has at least 4 figures of speech in the poem. does anyone know any poems ?

Answer 1

I remember a great poem I read in school that we interpreted as a class. It was called "Because I could not stop for death" by Emily Dickinsin.

Because I could not stop for Death,

He kindly stopped for me;

The carriage held but just ourselves

And Immortality.

We slowly drove, he knew no haste,

And I had put away

My labor, and my leisure too,

For his civility.

We passed the school, where children strove

At recess, in the ring;

We passed the fields of gazing grain,

We passed the setting sun.

Or rather, be passed us;

The dews grew quivering and chill,

For only gossamer my gown,

My tippet only tulle.

We paused before house that seemed

A swelling of the ground;

The roof was scarcely visible,

The cornice but a mound.

Since then 'tis centuries, and yet each

Feels shorter than the day

I first surmised the horses' heads

Were toward eternity.

There are so many hidden figures of speech in the poem, but I'll point out the 4 most obvious ones.

First figure of speech: Almost the entire second verse has an alliteration stressing the "S" consonant.

Second figure of speech: In the fourth verse, the house is a metaphor comparing her grave to a comfy house.

Third figure of speech: We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed the setting sun are both examples of a personification. Grain is an inanimate object and cannot literally "graze" and the sun cannot literally "set".

Fourth figure of speech: The entire poem is a metaphor where Emily Dickinsin compares death to a suitor, showing that she does not fear death but rather accepts it as a part of life.