Emerson's Figurative Language Essay

Ralph Waldo Emerson writes a poem that's figurative, he uses words that allow the readers to develop a more profound image by the way he uses his words. He uses personification when he says “haughty day,” he gives the day characteristics or attributes of a human. Along with using personification he uses metaphors, “blue urn” is a metaphor for the blue sky. He compares the sky to a large vase and by doing this it helps the reader obtain a better understanding and image of what the poem is providing us with. Then, another metaphor appears when the author compares fire to the sun. In reality he is talking about the sun but he uses “fire” to replace it. Fire and sun have much in similarity such as the feeling of the heat and the colors. The figurative language that Emerson provides us with is that the sky is a human who is filling “his blue urn” …show more content…
Joy, temperance, repose slam is a sign of personification the author is giving them human characteristics. It is impossible for joy and temperance to slam a door. In reality he is stating that by doing these things it will keep the doctor away. In “The pen is mightier than the sword,” by Edward Bulwer-Lytton he uses metonymy. In reality the pen has no superior power over the sword, therefore it leaves the reader to investigate what the real meaning being the words are. The “pen” in this occasion stands for “the written word.” The word “sword” in this case is in replacement for “military aggression and force.” The words are in replacemnt to stand in for another word. A directly stating between the two things are being stated in Robert Southey's poem. Southey uses “as” to compare “words” and “sunbeams.” The word “burn” signifies hurt in the poem. The poem “It is with words with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn,” is simply claiming that, using fewer and fewer words can have a more powerful