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The Highway Man- What type of figurative language is this (no metaphor)?
road was a gypsy’s ribbon


Sagot :

Answer:

SYMBOLISM

SIMILE

ALLITERATION

ONOMATOPOEIA

Explanation:

Symbolism:

  • Every time Alfred Noyes mentions RED...
  1. (coat of claret velvet, landlord's red-lipped daughter, red coat troop came marching)

Simile:

  • Dum* as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say
  • Back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky

Alliteration:

  • Over the Cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard,
  • He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there

Onomatopoeia:

  • He whistled a tune to the window
  • And he tapped with his w**p on the shutters
  • TLOT-TLOT in the frosty silence, ... TLOT-TLOT in the echoing night!
Symbolism
Simile
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia