Question

Which of the following excerpts from the poem reflects the use of figurative language? I. “The fog comes/on little cat feet.” II. “It sits looking/over harbor and city” III. “on silent haunches/and then moves on.” II only II and III I and III I, II, and III

Answer 1

Answer:

I and III

Explanation:

Figurative language is a literary device that allows the author to express a message with non-literal and subjunctive meaning, through words and phrases that do not express their real meaning, but that require the reader's reasoning to interpret and understand them. This type of device is used to give more expression to a word or phrase and makes it more poetic and expressive. As an example we can use the phrases:

I. “The fog comes/on little cat feet.”

III. “on silent haunches/and then moves on.”