In Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem, The Concord Hymn, he describes the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In these two lines, what figure of speech does he use?

"Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world."

personification

hyperbole

simile

alliteration

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27 August, 23:10

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Kassidy Beasley · Answer 1

I think this is hyperbole ... I'm not 100% though.

In Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem, The Concord Hymn, he describes the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In these two lines, what figure of speech does he use?"Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world."personificationhyperbolesimilealliteration