How is a literary device used to develop the tone in the stanza below?
Excerpt from Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “The Fish”
his brown skin hung in strips
like ancient wallpaper,
and its pattern of darker brown
was like wallpaper:
shapes like full-blown roses
stained and lost through age.
a. A fearful tone is developed through the use of symbolism*my answer*
b. A happy tone is developed through the use of imagery
c. A mysterious tone is developed through the use of onomatopoeia
d. A tone of wonder and awe is developed through the use of imagery
1 answer
and metaphor. *correct answer*