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Which figure of speech are used in poem lochinvar?

Alliteration:

• “Oh young Lochivar”

• “He came like the lightning in sound and commotion”

Metaphor:

• “He came like a thief in the night”

• “He stayed like a rock”

Personification:

• “The bride kissed the goblet; the knight took it up”

• “The moss rose from the rock, as they galloped by”

Hyperbole:

• “He spurred to the castle with a clattering speed”

• “He stayed like a rock”

Assonance:

• “With many a light foot in a light shoe”

• “To seek the bride of Harden Braes”

Consonance:

• “He spurred to the castle with a clattering speed”

• “The bride kissed the goblet; the knight took it up”

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