The Raven Figurative Language

the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

whose fiery eyes now burned

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

the lamplight gloated o'er

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

is there balm in Gilead

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

"within the distant Aidenn"

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

On the pallid bust of Pallas

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

Identify the type of figurative language being used in the line: "suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door." (3, 4).

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Identify the type of figurative language being used in the line: "An echo murmured back the word, 'Lenore!'" (29).

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Identify the type of figurative language being used in the line: "Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning..." (31).

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification