Figurative language

Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed.

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When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears,

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I do not care to talk to you although / Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies,

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The sun was shining on the sea, / Shining with all his might

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The old clock down in the parlor / Like a sleepless mourner grieves,

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The leaves are little yellow fish / swimming in the river.

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He would write, but his hours are as busy / As bees in the sun,

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Oh, never, if I live to a million, / Shall I feel such a grievous pain.

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My brain is fire--my heart is lead! / Her soul is flint, and what am I?

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And then my heart with pleasure fills, / And dances with the daffodils.

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