Question

Read the poem "‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers -” by Emily Dickinson.

"Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.

The line "And sore must be the storm" is an example of which type of figurative language?

enjambment
metaphor
ambiguity
personification

Answer 1

Enjambment.

The phrase continues the sentence into the next line ("That could abash the little Bird") rather than completing the thought at the line break, so the line is an example of enjambment.