<span>"His historical researches, however, did not lie so much among books as among men; for the former are lamentably scanty on his favorite topics; whereas he found the old burghers, and still more their wives, rich in that legendary lore, so invaluable to true history. Whenever, therefore, he happened upon a genuine Dutch family, snugly shut up in its low-roofed farmhouse, under a spreading sycamore, he looked upon it as a little clasped volume of black-letter,' and studied it with the zeal of a book-worm.""Rip Van Winkle," 1994 edition, 1-2
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Answer:
i tried to find some examples of figurative languages in the poem
here are some:
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<em>husha-husha-hush</em> is onomatopoeia
hmm.. <em>slippery sand-paper </em>is alliteration
<em>Moan like an autumn wind high in the lonesome treetops</em> is simile
(and the two below it are also similes. similes compare two things using the word LIKE or AS)
<em>bang-bang & hoo-hoo-hoo-oo </em>is also onomatopoeia
Poets will pay particular attention to the length, placement, and grouping of lines and stanzas. ... Setting those two lines aside gives emphasis to their content, so whatever message is being sent will be given more importance. Another aspect of the structure of poems is the rhythm, which is the beat of the poem
It is C. Adverb. I'm not just gonna type this senctence so I can post the answer, as it'll be more than 20 characters.
