In "nature", emerson describes the woods as the "plantations of god." what type of figurative language is he using? explain your thinking.

The type of figurative language he is using is a metaphor.

Explanation

In Nature, Emerson describes the woods saying it's the plantations of God because he wanted to say, in a figurative way, that God grew everything, so the woods are his plantation too.

Metaphors, such as the one Emerson used, are figures of speech which describe actions/objects to explain an idea that isn't literally true.

Moreover, it is usually used in poetry or literature, like in this essay, to add life to the language.

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