Figurative Language Worksheet 2 Directions: Read the lines of poetry.

1. He would write, but his hours are as busy / As bees in the sun,

Which technique is being used? __________________________________________________________________________________
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?
(write a sentence explaining your answer)

2. My words are little jars / For you to take and put upon a shelf.
Their shapes are quaint and beautiful, / And they have many pleasant colors and lustersWhich technique is being used? __________________________________________________________________________________
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

3. All round the house is the jet-black night; / It stares through the window-pane;
It crawls in the corners, hiding from the light,Which technique is being used? __________________________________________________________________________________
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?
(write a sentence explaining your answer)

4. Oh, never, if I live to a million, / Shall I feel such a grievous pain.

Which technique is being used? __________________________________________________________________________________
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?
(write a sentence explaining your answer)

5. But words are things, and a small drop of ink, / Falling, like dew, upon a thought produces

Which technique is being used? __________________________________________________________________________________
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?
(write a sentence explaining your answer)

6. And then my heart with pleasure fills, / And dances with the daffodils.

Which technique is being used?

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Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?
(write a sentence explaining your answer)

7. Sifted through the grass were daisies, / Open-mouthed, wondering, they gazed at the sun.

Which technique is being used?

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Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?
(write a sentence explaining your answer)

8. With processions long and winding / With the countless torches lit

Which technique is being used? __________________________________________________________________________________
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?
(write a sentence explaining your answer)

9. My brain is fire–my heart is lead! / Her soul is flint, and what am I?

Which technique is being used?

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Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?
(write a sentence explaining your answer)

10. Carven cathedrals, on a sky
Of faintest colour, where the gothic spires fly
And sway like masts, against a shifting breeze.Which technique is being used?

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Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?
(write a sentence explaining your answer)