Which are the figures of speech , especially metephor used in "Laugh and Be Merry" by Masefield?

Figures of speech, otherwise known as literary devices,
are very common in poetry. Commonly used figures of speech in poetry are similes,
metaphors, alliteration, assonance, personification, and
hyperbole.

A metaphor is the comparison of two things not
using the words "like" or "as" in the line (if "like" or "as" is used, it is a similie).
Alliteration and assonance are very similar as well. Alliteration is the repetition of a
consonant sound, within a line of poetry, and assonance is the repetition of a vowel
sound. A hyperbole is an exaggeration of something that a reader is not meant to
literally accept.

This being said, in the poem "Laugh and
Be Merry", there are many examples of literary devices being
used.

First, a metaphor is used when Masefield compares
time to a length of thread.

Another example is "So we must
laugh and drink from the deep blue cup of the sky" where a hyperbole is used. Masefield
is exaggerating the fact that the sky can quench man's thirst from its cup. While
readers know that the sky does not posses a cup from which they can drink from, the
imagery is set in regards to the fact that the sky offers an abundance of things for the
soul.

Personification is also used in the line "the
jubilant song of the great stars sweeping by" given human characteristics (the ability
to sing) is given to the stars.

In the line "be merry,
remember" alliteration takes place. The consonant sound "m" is repeated in the words
'merry' and 'remember.' The line "So we must laugh and drink from the deep blue cup of
the sky" depicts assonance in the same way, but using a vowel sound- the strong 'e' in
both 'we' and 'deep.'