life is but an empty dream- metaphor
dust thou art to dust returnest- biblical allusion genesis 3:19
still like muffled drums are beating-simile
trust no future however pleasant -personification
let the dead past bury its dead-personification
sailing over life's solemn main- metaphor
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This figure of speech is considered to be a metaphor. The function of a metaphor is to use a comparison between two things that are not alike.
husband n wife for each other
They ran as fast as thye wind They act like a dog Life is a journey Your teeth are like stars Hefights like a lion He swims as fast as a fish
"Auspex" has six-line stanzas while "A Psalm of Life" has four-line stanzas.
"Life is just a bowl of cherries" is a popular idiom that at one point was made into a song. It simply means that life is good and everything is going great!