The following stanza has figurative language in that his
mind was angry. Figurative language makes comparisons to unrelated things or
personification is used in this instance. Personification is used to attribute human
qualities to something that is not a person. While the brain is part of the human body,
it is not known to have feelings such as anger.
Then the hair stood up along his
neck
And his angry mind was gone,
For where the two-foot track gave
out,
A four-footed track went
on.
Also, there is another
example of a figurative language in the last stanza. In the lines that speak of crimson
tide, this is referring to the man lying in blood.
An empty bed still waits for him
As he
lies in a crimson tide.
Beware, beware, oh trapper men,
Beware of a
griesly bride.
These are two
examples of figurative language in the poem. If I may add to the above analysis, the
crimson tide could be saying the man is lying is an ocean of blood. The tide comparison
has something to do with a body of water and the crimson represents the color of
blood.
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