from Excelsior by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow His brow was sad; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior! 1. Which type of figurative language is demonstrated in the above stanza?

2. Which of the following is a metaphor?

from “As I Walked Out One Evening” by W.H. Auden I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountain And the salmon sing in the street, I'll love you till the ocean Is folded and hung up to dry And the seven stars go squawking Like geese about the sky. 3. Which of the above lines is an example of a hyperbole?