- "Your desires should be like those of a river that seeks the ocean"
Personification:
- "The tree that moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way…"
- "The Earth groans. The sea complains."
Metaphor:
- "The bird of my contentment has built its nest in the foliage of my desire."
Symbolism:
- The mountaintop represents freedom and liberation.
- The bird symbolizes the soul.
Oxymoron:
- "The only freedom that is worth having is the freedom to be yourself."