Emerson uses a fair
amount of figurative language, rhetorical devices which make his writing all the more
interesting and vivid and help him to make his argument better by keeping his audience more
engaged.He personifies the stars, example, describing them as "envoys of
beauty" which "light the universe with their admonishing smile."The bring their
beauty out to us, then, purposely and intentionally, and they smile at us while they gently
scold us for taking them for granted.
Emerson also
uses metonymy when he says that "few adult persons can see nature.Most
persons do not see the sun."This is an incredibly attention-getting use of figurative
language because, we think, of course we can see nature!What could he
mean?!He does not literally mean that adults cannot or do not see nature or the sun but, rather,
that most of us do not really take the time to appreciate nature or the sun, to recognize them
for the sources of beauty and inspiration that they can be in our lives.Metonymy...
uses metonymy when he says that "few adult persons can see nature.Most
persons do not see the sun."This is an incredibly attention-getting use of figurative
language because, we think, of course we can see nature!What could he
mean?!He does not literally mean that adults cannot or do not see nature or the sun but, rather,
that most of us do not really take the time to appreciate nature or the sun, to recognize them
for the sources of beauty and inspiration that they can be in our lives.Metonymy...
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