The Inchcape Rock – Figures of Speech
No stir in the air, no stir in the sea – Repetition – "No stir" is repeated. Alliteration – Repetition of the 's' sound. The ship was still as she could be – Personification – The ship is given human qualities. Alliteration – Repetition of the 'sh' sound. Her sails from heaven received no motion Alliteration – Repetition of the 'h' sound. Personification – The ship is personified. Inversion – Normal order: Her sails received no motion from heaven. Her keel was steady in the ocean – Personification – The ship is personified. Without either sign or sound of their shock – Alliteration – Repetition of the 's' sound. The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock – Personification – The waves are given human qualities. So little they rose, so little they fell – Repetition – "So little" is repeated. Antithesis – Opposite words rose and fell are used. Anti-climax – Ideas are arranged in de...