What type of figurative language is used in the line "one single streak of gold from yonder clouds," and what is its effect? It is a metaphor that compares sunlight to gold. It is personification that makes the clouds seem wealthy. It is a metaphor that compares a streak with clouds. It is personification that makes streaks seem alive with gold.

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Ada Benson

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1 October, 16:21

What type of figurative language is used in the line "one single streak of gold from yonder clouds," and what is its effect? It is a metaphor that compares sunlight to gold. It is personification that makes the clouds seem wealthy. It is a metaphor that compares a streak with clouds. It is personification that makes streaks seem alive with gold.

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Vaughan · Answer 1

its A. correct on e d g e n u i t y

Carl Leonard · Answer 2

It is a metaphor that compares sunlight to gold.

Explanation:

In the poem "The Gardener," the speaker talks directly to a future reader of his poem a hundred years later from his writing. Thus, he claims that right now he is not able to give away any flowers or sunshine, so he later readers to go out and "look abroad," as well as to imagine the smell the flowers that lived a hundred years ago.