1. Figurative Language: Chapter 4
Superordinate
Hyponyms

2. Tropes O, my love’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June;
Which trope is being used in the poem below?
How do you know?
O, my love’s like a red, red rose,
That’s newly sprung in June;
O, my love’s like the melody
That’s sweetly played in tune.

3. Literary Analysis
Identify the stylistic features and give a brief analysis of the extract below.
O, my love’s like a red, red rose,
That’s newly sprung in June;
O, my love’s like the melody
That’s sweetly played in tune.
Robert Burns ( )
Consider the context – who is writing it, what is the purpose?
Look for stylistic features – tropes, rhyme, etc
Write ONE or TWO paragraphs

4. An Example of Stylistic Analysis
This is a verse/extract/stanza from a love poem. The poet is expressing his feelings for his loved one/beloved/girlfriend. Using two similes he compares her to a red rose and a sweetly played tune. When comparing her to a rose he makes us think of her beauty/freshness/rarity. The melody reminds us of harmony, and sweetness.
The verse is symmetrical in that there are two couplets: each containing a new idea. Each couplet consists of an eight syllable line followed by a six syllable one. There is end rhyme in lines 2 and 4.
Other poetic devices he uses are: alliteration and repetition to stress the redness of the rose ‘red, red, rose’, and onomatopoeia ‘O’ to show how he is sighing with longing/love.

5. Metaphor and Simile
A metaphor states that something is equivalent to another thing which is not usually associated with it.
A simile states that something is like another thing which it is not usually associated with. For example,
'The man is a lion' is a ___________.
'The man is like a lion' is a ___________ .

6. The man is a lion I. A. Richards - tenor, vehicle and ground
Tenor is the thing that the metaphoric word or phrase refers to i.e. the subject of the metaphor - ‘The man ….’
Vehicle is the metaphoric word or phrase, the means for making us look at the subject in a new way – ‘lion’
Ground the common properties of the two objects
the vehicle of the lion indicates that the tenor ('the man') possesses a quality or qualities that one associates with the lion, such as braveness (which is the traditional association in the English language), fierceness, having a big appetite, etc.