Question

In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem, The Concord Hymn, he describes the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In these two lines, what figure of speech does he use?

“Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world.”

personification

hyperbole

simile

alliteration

Answer 1

@thatgirlcaleigh

Answer 2

@aegidious

Answer 3

@MD175

Answer 4

This is a hyperbole.

Answer 5

It's not a simile because it's not comparing anything...
It's not alliteration because the there isn't a pattern in the first letter of the words

It's one of the first two, but I'm not sure which...

Answer 6

It's not personification because it's not saying that an unhuman thing is doing human-like actions.

Answer 7

So it's hyperbole for sure.