Adds meaning to the text because it gives us something.
Example of odyssey figurative language. Again Homers simile puts in a few words a whole idea regarding a description. This is found in a wide range of ancient literature. Figurative language is using words or phrases differently than the literal definition and is used in literature to provide more drama to the story or to just make the text more interesting.
Another example of figurative language is the rather mild one used by Odysseus to Laertes when he is describing the sun on the vines Laertes gave him. That one he thus escaped but the back-flowing water struck him again still struggling and swept him out to sea. The Odyssey has many examples of figurative language in the text.
The flowers are being personified. Here is one such example. 898 With Lotus Eaters who showed no will to do us harm Imagery.
Taste Words Honeyed and Sweet. 901 He clutched at my companions and caught two in his hand like squirming puppies The Odyssey Figurative Language Personification 2 Flowers cant show anything. For example saying the flowers danced in the wind is personification.
Odysseus and his men face life threatening challenges including his encounters with the Cyclops Sirens Scylla and CharybdisWhile facing danger the gods also tested Odysseus. Dawn is frequently personified throughout the epic. 904 Smell Words Simile Sound Words Hissed popped howl Pg.
1 Weak as the doe. Interpreting Figurative Language in the Odyssey Grades Nine and Ten Activity One. Homer uses many types of figurative language in the text.