The night sky was a blank canvas waiting to be painted by the stars. which type of figurative language is being used in the example? a. hyperbole b. metaphor c. simile d. allusion

B. Metaphor.

Explanation:

Metaphors are the literary devices used by writers in comparing one thing to another but which cannot be literally done or made in reality. This figure of speech enables to make the sentences more colorful and more attractive. It is also used to provide clarity or expanse the meaning of the things being described, thereby allowing the readers to better understand the work.

Here, the comparison of the sky as a painting canvas give a dramatic representation of the beauty of the sky, though it being a canvas and waiting to be painted by the stars is impossible or literally impossible. This metaphorical representation of the sky as a painting canvas gives more character to it than being simply described in simple words.

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wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human