what figurative language can i use to covey a message of the poem excelsis

Question

My teacher only gave part of the poem Excelsis by Amy Lowell

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You are frozen as the clouds,

You are far and sweet as the high clouds.

I dare reach to you,

I dare touch the rim of your brightness.

I leap beyond the winds,

I cry and shout,

For my throat is keen as a sword

Sharpened on a hone of ivory.

My throat sings the joy of my eyes,

The rushing gladness of my love

 

I THINK I CAN USE SIMILE AND METHAPHOR BUT I AM NOT SURE.

I THINK I CAN USE SIMILE USING THIS QOUTE "YOU ARE FROZEN AS CLOUDS" AND FOR METHAPHOR YOU ARE FAR AND SWEET AS THE HIGH CLOUDS.

CAN I ALSO USE PERSONIFICATION?

Answer 1

Hi Daisy,

 

All the comparisons in that excerpt are all similes because they use the word "as" rather than saying that something actually is something else.

 

You might be able to use personification with "the rushing gladness of my love."

 

You could definitely use imagery (if that is one of the types that your teacher covered) because it taps into the visual senses with "my throat is keen as a sword sharpened on a hone of ivory."