Poetry Worksheet: Figurative Language

ENGLISH WORKSHEET NINTH GRADE POETRY AND LITERARY DEVICES

NAME: __________________________ DATE: __________________________

I. IDENTIFY EACH FIGURE WITH A DIFFERENT COLOR.

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Literary Devices: 

Figurative Language

These expressions have meanings that are different form the literal meanings of the word that makes them up.

• Simile - compares two things using like or as.
• Metaphor - compares two things by saying one thing is the other. Does not use like or as.
• Personification - gives human traits to animals or objects. 
•                            CROSSING THE BAR                                                                                          

                                         Sunset and evening star,                                                                   

      And one clear call for me!

And may there be no moaning of the bar,

      When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,

      Too full for sound and foam,

When that which drew from out the boundless deep

      Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,

      And after that the dark!

And may there be no sadness of farewell,

      When I embark;

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place

      The flood may bear me far,

I hope to see my Pilot face to face

      When I have crossed the bar.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809