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==Figures of Speech in the Poem==
==Figures of Speech in the Poem==
A figure of speech is a way of saying a message. Many figures of speech are not meant to be understood exactly as they are said: they are not literal, factual statements.
Linguists call these figures of speech "tropes" -- a play on words, using words in a way that is different from its accepted literal or normal form. DiYanni wrote: "Rhetoricians have catalogued more than 250 different figures of speech, expressions or ways of using words in a nonliteral sense".
Metaphors are very common examples. A common figure of speech is to say that someone "threw down the gauntlet". This does not mean that a person threw a protective wrist-covering down on the ground. Instead, it usually means that the person issued a public challenge to another person (or many persons).
For alist of common figures of speech, click [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech here]
Alliteration: "terms and tides"; "rustics rang'd"
Alliteration: "terms and tides"; "rustics rang'd"
