The odyessey and figurative language
The Odyssey has many similes.Here are some examples:
1 Weak as the doe
2 Like a shipwright
3 As a blacksmith
4 Like an expert singer
5 Wheeling like some lion at bay
The poem also uses personification. Here are some examples:
1 “Dawn" arises.
2 Dawn has "rose-red fingers."
3 "East and South winds clashed."
There are metaphors.
1" A web of disaster" is a metaphor for the mistakes they made.
2 "The rage of the monster boil over" is a metaphor for the vengeance of Poseidon.
Symbols
1. Eagles are symbols of Zeus.
2 Athena is a symbol of wisdom
3 The scepter is a symbol of Poseidon
Homer also uses alliteration:
1 Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twist and turns...
2 They rushed to their swift ship along the shore.
3 They drew their black boat
4 Then stepped the mast and set the sail...
1 Weak as the doe
2 Like a shipwright
3 As a blacksmith
4 Like an expert singer
5 Wheeling like some lion at bay
The poem also uses personification. Here are some examples:
1 “Dawn" arises.
2 Dawn has "rose-red fingers."
3 "East and South winds clashed."
There are metaphors.
1" A web of disaster" is a metaphor for the mistakes they made.
2 "The rage of the monster boil over" is a metaphor for the vengeance of Poseidon.
Symbols
1. Eagles are symbols of Zeus.
2 Athena is a symbol of wisdom
3 The scepter is a symbol of Poseidon
Homer also uses alliteration:
1 Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twist and turns...
2 They rushed to their swift ship along the shore.
3 They drew their black boat
4 Then stepped the mast and set the sail...