Name two figures of speech used in David Swan by Nathaniel Hawthorne and give an example of each one?

Answer 1

Hello!

Here are the two figurative speeches that I have found:

• The spring murmured drowsily beside him; the branches waved dreamily across the blue sky overhead; and a deep sleep, perchance hiding dreams

within its depths, fell upon David Swan.

In this excerpt, it can be seen the rich usage of "personification" to describe the sound that reflects the renewal of nature, the chirping of birds etc. in spring by using 'murmuring' which is not possible for it to do normally.

• "Perceiving that a stray sunbeam glimmered down upon his face, the lady contrived to twist a branch aside, so as to intercept it. And having done this little act of kindness, she began to feel like a mother to him."

In here, it used 'simile' as a figurative speech to describe the feeling of merchant's wife towards David Swan when she tries to make him sleep/rest comfortable as if a mother does that to her child, by using the word "like"

Hope it helps!

Answer 2

1. Simile: In "David Swan," a simile is used when the narrator describes the rain as "steadily plashing" like a myriad of small hands against the trees.
2. Personification: The narrator personifies the night as having eyes that watch over David as he sleeps on the ground in the forest.

Answer 3

1.Metaphor