The river, curling softly by, / Whispers and dimples round its quiet gray stones
From their sweet feeding in the fruit; / The droning of the bees and flies / Rises gradual as a lute;
After getting my report card / I knew it was time to hit the books.
The earth is the cup of the sun, / That filleth at morning

whats its figure of speech and its meaning?

The river, curling softly by, / Whispers and dimples round its quiet gray stones  - personification

From their sweet feeding in the fruit; / The droning of the bees and flies / Rises gradual as a lute;  - simile

After getting my report card / I knew it was time to hit the books. - hyperbole

The earth is the cup of the sun, / That filleth at morning - metaphor

Explanation:

Personification represents a figure of speech that consists of attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or objects, so they represent a human quality in an abstract form.

In our example, river whispers and dimples, which are human characteristics, as the river cannot literally whisper and dimple.

Simile represents a figure of speech which refers to the comparison, by highlighting similarities between two different things.

In this example, the droning of the bees and flies is compared with a lute.

Hyperbole represents a figure of speech based on extreme exaggeration we use to emphasize action, a feeling, etc.

In our example, the author says he will hit the book, which doesn't mean he is going to hit it literally; he wants to say that he will study hard.

The metaphor represents a figure of speech based on implicit comparison between two different things that share some common characteristics.

In the example above, the Earth is compared with a cup of sun, based on its round shape.

it's like watching a fable, it's not really about the animals but rather it has a meaning that is understood by us and that is implicit, not explicitly said. implicit ideas are common and are used in almost all works of art, from writing to painting to sculpting.