Discussion
Identify the figure of speech used in the expression :
'And some are loaves and some so nearly balls'
Answer: B
The figure of speech is a metaphor.
In 'And some are loaves and some so nearly balls', the stones are said to be loaves and balls, a direct identification without 'like' or 'as'. That implied comparison, describing the stones' rounded shapes by calling them loaves of bread and balls, is a metaphor.
A simile would make the comparison explicit with 'like' or 'as' ('some are like loaves'). Personification gives human qualities to things, which is not happening in this line. Irony says the opposite of what is meant or shows a contrast between expectation and reality, which the line does not do.
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