Question

What type of figurative language is used in these lines of poetry?

"Love is something else, / or so I thought it, / a garden which expands."
A. metaphor
B. personification
C. simile

Answer 1

What do you think, @cassiesilva0628

Answer 2

B @Kash_TheSmartGuy

Answer 3

or c

Answer 4

Well, a personification is a comparison of a non-human thing to a human quality. SO, tell me, is that personification?

Answer 5

haha not B

Answer 6

so maybe C?

Answer 7

So, we now know it's not B.

Answer 8

yeah

Answer 9

A simile is a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like or as". So, does that verse use the words like or as?

Answer 10

no

Answer 11

I hope you figured your answer out then- it's A. Metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as.

Answer 12

i did haha thank you

Answer 13

This sentence compares love to a garden.