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In this aspect , the more effective figure of speech would be the hyperbole

The hyperbole , loosely translated , means to exaggerate . The hyperbole is normally used to express an intensity that is not easily expressed by comparison or superlatives . In effect , the hyperbole expresses intensity in emotion that is beyond what is measurable . Quite similar to the simile in the intention of expression , the hyperbole is also sometimes used to express an abstract concept of measurement . So , in the hyperbole , And I will luve thee still , my dear / Till a ' the seas

gang dry (7-8 ) the voice wants to convey the duration of his /her love for the subject , and to show that this duration will never end , or will last for eternity , the voice expresses this duration in the time it would take for all the seas to grow dry which , quite truthfully , is when the world ends , and that is a time that nobody can accurately pin-point . This hyperbole is complemented by the lines , And the rocks melt wi ' the sun / And I will luve thee still , my dear (10-11 ) which expresses the same exaggerated duration as was earlier expressed Surprisingly , while the poem is pervaded with more similes and hyperboles than normal , another figure of speech appears in the next line , the metaphor . The metaphor is , very simply , a simile without the `like ' and the `as . The purpose of this particular figure of speech is to express a contrast or a parallel instead of a likeness . The line While the sands o ' life shall run (12 ) is a metaphor that expresses how time contrasts with sand that steadily and regularly trickles . Time acts in the same way , and so the metaphor is accurate it being true on both the literal and the metaphorical level . The poem , as expected...

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