Select the literary devices, figures of speech, or sensory details used in the example below. select all that apply. shall i compare thee to a summer's day? thou art more lovely and more temperate rough winds do shake the darling buds of may and summer's lease hath all too short a date imagery (the poet describes flowers shaking in the wind) metaphor (to compare his love to a summer day) personification (the wind yells at the newly budding flowers) simile (to compare his love to a summer day) symbol (summer's day symbolizes beauty)

The poem uses symbolism (a summer day is a symbol of beuty), imagery (the poet describes flowers shaking in the wind) and simile (an explicit comparison, instead of an implict one which would be a metaphor). There is no personification, since the wind does not assume human qualities, and since the comparison is explicit it should be classified as a simile, not a metaphor.

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"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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