Identify five examples of figurative language from anne sexton’s ”young” and/or audre lorde’s “hanging fire” and explain what they contribute to the poem(s).

These are from "young"

The first line states: "A Thousand doors ago" This is hyperbole. It shows that she thinks of this time a long long time ago.

Anne says: "the wise stars bedding over me" This is personification because stars cant actually be wise. I think Anne is trying to say that laying under the stars helps her think and is relaxing.  

Another hyperbole is: "and probably a million leaves", there wasn't actually a million leaves but it felt like it to Anne.

Another personification is: "yellow heat running out" This is just to bring the poem alive.  

There is also a simile: "and the boards of the house were smooth and white as wax" I think this is just to help you picture the poem's words.  

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answer; (b); the abolitionist movement;

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.