Read the poem and select the text that shows an example of hyperbole.

Sketch

by Carl Sandburg

The shadows of the ships

Rock on the crest

In the low blue lustre

Of the tardy and the * soft inrolling tide.*

A long brown bar at * the dip of the sky*

Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt.

The lucid and * endless wrinkles*

Draw in, lapse and withdraw.

Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles

Wash on the floor of the beach.

Rocking on the crest

In the low blue lustre

Are the shadows of the ships.

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Kyler Shaffer

English

14 April, 08:15

Read the poem and select the text that shows an example of hyperbole.

Sketch

by Carl Sandburg

The shadows of the ships

Rock on the crest

In the low blue lustre

Of the tardy and the * soft inrolling tide.*

A long brown bar at * the dip of the sky*

Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt.

The lucid and * endless wrinkles*

Draw in, lapse and withdraw.

Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles

Wash on the floor of the beach.

Rocking on the crest

In the low blue lustre

Are the shadows of the ships.

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Jorden Ballard · Answer 1

Hyperbole is exaggeration. As you read the poem, while there may be something that could happen, there is usually an element of is that is grossly exaggerated and could never happen or is a claim that could never happen. For example, "I am so hungry I could eat a house." In this particular poem, "A long brown bar at the dip of the sky (where the sand or beach meets the sky) puts an arm of sand in the span of salt is hyperbole. The beach doesn't really have a an arm in the salt.