What language features are used in these lines from The Farmer’s Bride and why?
Shy as a leveret, swift as he,Straight and slight as a young larch tree,
Similes are used in these lines to describe the farmer’s wife, to emphasise how timid and scared she is and to show that she is connected with the natural world. Rhymes also used to highlight the comparisons.
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