Question

identify five examples of figurative language from Anne Sexton’s ”Young” and/or Audre Lorde’s “Hanging Fire” and explain what they contribute to the poem(s).

Answer 1

Personification is one. Usually in poems they use that and definetley onamonopia.

Answer 2

These are from "young"

The first line states: "A Thousand doors ago" This is hyperbole. It shows that she thinks of this time a long long time ago.

Anne says: "the wise stars bedding over me" This is personification because stars cant actually be wise. I think Anne is trying to say that laying under the stars helps her think and is relaxing.  

Another hyperbole is: "and probably a million leaves", there wasn't actually a million leaves but it felt like it to Anne.

Another personification is: "yellow heat running out" This is just to bring the poem alive.  

There is also a simile: "and the boards of the house were smooth and white as wax" I think this is just to help you picture the poem's words.  

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