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- so lightly i played with those dark memories, / just as a child, beneath the summer skies,
plays hour by hour with a strange shining stone,
what technique is being used?
figure out what is meant:
write a sentence explaining the meaning.
- a blessing in disguise.
what technique is being used?
figure out what is meant:
write a sentence explaining the meaning.
- love is a young green willow / shimmering at the bare woods edge.
what technique is being used?
figure out what is meant:
write a sentence explaining the meaning.
- and now may, too, is fled, / the flower - crowned month, the merry laughing may,
with rosy feet and fingers dewy wet,
what technique is being used?
figure out what is meant:
write a sentence explaining the meaning.
- clear was the light of loveliness / that lit her face like rain;
what technique is being used?
figure out what is meant:
write a sentence explaining the meaning.
- the atmosphere is not a perfume, it has no taste of the / distillation, it is odorless,
it is for my mouth forever, i am in love with it,
what technique is being used?
figure out what is meant:
write a sentence explaining the meaning.
- i wanted her to show up / i crossed my fingers.
what technique is being used?
figure out what is meant:
write a sentence explaining the meaning.
21.
The phrase "So lightly I played with those dark memories, / Just as a child, beneath the summer skies, Plays hour by hour with a strange shining stone" uses a simile. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as". Here, the speaker's interaction with dark memories is compared to a child playing with a stone using "as".
The phrase "a blessing in disguise" is an idiom. An idiom is a group of words whose meaning is different from the individual words' meanings. "A blessing in disguise" means something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good.
The phrase "Love is a young green willow / shimmering at the bare wood's edge" uses a metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. Here, love is directly compared to a willow without using "like" or "as".
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Technique: Simile. Meaning: The speaker engages with dark memories in a seemingly carefree way, similar to how a child plays with a stone.