Death the Leveller (Figures of Speech) plus one




Figures of Speech in Death the Leveller






Personification  - “Death lays his icy hands on kings”
                           “To the cold tomb:

Metonymy - “sceptre and crown”
           “scythe and spade”

Oxymoron – “victor-victim bleeds”

Metaphor  - “THE glories of our blood and state, / Are shadows, .  . .”

Alliteration – “Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.


Assonance – “Some men with swords may reap the field,

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