Figurative language

Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand--
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep--while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?

1) "O God! can I not save"- the poet shows the sadness of the persona by using hyperbole.

2) "I stand amid the roar"- personification is used in this phrase as the poet is giving the waves the human trait of roaring.

3) "One from the pitiless wave"- symbolism is used in this phrase to show that the persona's tears are as pitiless as those waves.

4) "While I weep--while I weep"- the poet shows the sadness of the persona by using hyperbole.

I like this poem because it uses a lot of figurative language. It is not only a good poem but it also actually tells us that our life might just be nothing but a dream within a dream. It also uses figurative speech to show the persona's emotions to us clearly. This poem is not only meaningful and interesting but also allows me to understand figuratuive language better thus i like this poem very much.