What are the figure of speech in the poem The Ant and The Cricket?

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   Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

   2020-03-28T05:51:52+05:30Added an answer on March 28, 2020 at 5:51 am

   Following are the figures of speech used in the poem The Ant and the Cricket:

   1. Personification: When humans characteristics are given to animals or non-living things, it is called personification. The ant and the cricket are personified as humans as they are talking and thinking like humans.
   2. Metaphor: It is the comparison of two things. In the last line “Some crickets have four legs, and some have two“, the poet compares lazy and careless people with the cricket.

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     Adya Chauhan

     2020-05-19T20:49:00+05:30Replied to answer on May 19, 2020 at 8:49 pm

     Lucifer morningstar ..I think that there should be alliteration also …..

      

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     Meena Das

     2021-05-09T16:30:54+05:30Replied to answer on May 9, 2021 at 4:30 pm

     Anaphora : We ants never borrow ; we ants never lend.
     Words are repeated in the beginning of the clause to lay emphasis

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