Figurative language establishes a distinct mood of a text through the use of connective words. Without figurative language, a reader would not fully understand the scene or feeling of a text. In the poem "In a Stat

Figures of speech create imagery which allows the reader to decipher tone and meaning of a text. Using the tone of the speaker and the implied meaning of a text, the reader is able to interpret and establish their own connotation about the particular text. Literature as a whole would be significantly different and relatively meaningless if figures of speech were not used for the reader would not be able to create any connection to the description or events. "If by dull rhymes our English must be chained"(Keats 1), feeling or meaning would not exist.

In the poem “Helen of Troy Does Table Dancing”, figures of speech are present throughout. In Greek mythology, Helen of Troy was viewed as the most beautiful women in the world. Her mother, Leda, was raped by Zeus, who assumed the form of a swan to deceive Leda (Stott et al. 382). “There sure are a lot of dangerous birds around” (Atwood 64) is a metaphor used by the author the people in the counter dancing club to Zeus. Even though a swan is an innocent looking bird, you cannot always trust what you see. This creates a tone of the art of deception with which the counter dancer be

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