I thought it might be 'antithesis' (or whatever it's called)- the surprise at the end, where the old lady prays for 'somebody's son ' after the boy has been thoughtful to 'somebody's mother '. That seems to me to be the significant figure of

How do you lead someone's feet? It might just be metaphoric lead. Anything heavy will do. Cement boots? CJ

Thanks, Jim. Right under the proverbial nose! Hmmmm, How do you lead someone's feet? Don't forget, that pathetic little piece of drivel may be somebody's mother. Happy Thanksgiving! - A.

Someone else may spot what you're referring to. Well, I certainly didn't see any personification. Is "a sticky sweet" or "a sentimentality" a figure of speech? The pathetic little piece of drivel is surprisingly

g can't be silent, since -ge- gets the stress. Whenver you see vowel cluster like -io- here, stress usually falls just before that. you jean yo ju 'dʒi ni oʊ OR ju 'dʒi njoʊ ( in fast speech)

I looked it up. The only thing I see from a cursory reading is what I'd call the personification of the woman's feet. Someone else may spot what you're referring to. http://www.amandashome.com/somemother.html

Hi, Raj. Welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us! Could you please give us an excerpt showing the figure of speech you're asking about? Most poems are loaded with them. Best wishes, - A.

Dear friend, glides are sounds produced with little or no obstruction of the airstream that are preceded or followed by a vowel. If they are followed by vowels, they are called on-glides , as in woo, where /w/ is an on-glide. If these sounds are

TrysB, thank you for your great big speech ;-) So the answer in the first example is “None is.” Can I say just “None” without “is”? Do you personally prefer to use singular or plural form of verb after “none of’?

Hi Alex Here's a good description of the kinds of indefinite pronouns and the verb forms they require: http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?p=319 In the first sentence i would say neither of them is her boyfriend. Or you could say "Neither