Coffee is a strong stimulant that keeps you awake when lack of sleep makes your brain foggy. some mornings i swear i walk in a daze until i drink that wonderful first cup. i put in a few spoonfuls of sugar, lots of cream, and then give it a good stir before adding the coffee. i give it about twenty minutes until i feel the first effects. the fuzziness begins to dissipate, and i become a functioning human being again. if i have time, i sneak in at least one more cup before starting my day.
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what figures of speech are used in these lines from shakespeare's sonnet 29? "haply i think on thee and then my state,/ like to the lark at break of day arising/ from sullen earth, sings hymns

what figures of speech are used in these lines from shakespeare's sonnet 29? "haply i think on thee and then my state,/ like to the lark at break of day arising/ from sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate."

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the speaker is distressed about his fate, but when he thinks of his love, his condition improves.

the condition improving is then compared in a simile:

his mood improves and gets better "like to the lark at break of day " like a lark rising into the skies. the simile is comparing his mood to a lark soaring.

there's also examples of personification, sullen is an adjective that describes a human characteristic. once the poet establishes the simile, he extends the speaker's "mood" sings.  

hyperbole is exemplified by the idea of his mood improving enough to reach heaven's gate.

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