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- death stands above me, whispering low
i know not what into my ear
because it gives human characteristics to something nonhuman, what figure of speech used in these lines?
- the fair breeze blew, the white foam flew
because a rhyme occurs within a single line of verse, what kind of rhyme is this?
- for while i sang—ah swift and strange
love passed and touched me on the brow.
and i who made so many songs
am silent now.
what is the rhyme scheme of this stanza of poetry?
- all fools have still an itching to
Question 4 (Figure of Speech)
The line "Death stands above me, whispering low" gives human characteristics (standing, whispering) to Death (a non - human concept). This is the definition of personification, where non - human entities are given human - like traits.
In the line "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew", the words "blew" and "flew" rhyme. They rhyme within a single line of the verse, which is the definition of internal rhyme (rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry).
Looking at the lines "For while I sang—ah swift and strange / Love passed and touched me on the brow. / And I who made so many songs / Am silent now", we check the end words of the lines. "brow" and "now" rhyme. This is end rhyme, as the rhyme occurs at the end of different lines.
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