The type of figurative language used in the lines from Poe's "Sonnet-To Science" is allusion. The speaker references mythological figures and natural elements (like Naiads and Elves) that evoke a sense of beauty and imagination, suggesting that science has taken these elements away.
What type of figurative language is used in the following lines from Poe's "Sonnet-To Science"?
Hast thou not torn the Naiad from her flood,
The Elfin from the green grass, and from me
The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree?
allusion
paradox
oxymoron
simile
pun
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