In his essay "Education," explain the effect of at least five examples of figurative language that Emerson uses to advance his argument.Emerson's...

Much as in his essay Nature,
Emerson's essay on Education expresses his philosophy that the universe is composed of
Nature and the Oversoul; these, in essence, are the teachers of man.  It is this unity
of being that allows man to connect to knowledge.  All that is necessary, contends
Emerson, is that man be awakened to this connection and have access to the divine energy
from which he can attain true education.  In his essay Education,
Emerson argues,

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Whilst thus the world exists for the mind; whilst
thus the man is ever invited inward into shining realms of knowledge and power by the
shows of the world, which interpret to him the infinitude of his own consciousness--it
becomes the office of a just education to awaken him to the knowledge of this
fact.

In order to advance his
argument that man take the universe "unto himself," Emerson employs figurative language,
significantly metaphor and personification.  For example, in his admonishment of the
current system of education, Emerson uses the metaphor of "a system of worn weeds," a
system of old, worthless methods:

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I call our system a system of worn weeds of your
language and
opinion.

Certainly, Emerson
argues in favor of the creative intelligence, urging adults to be the companion of a
child's thought..."the lover of his virtue," a metaphor which compares the adult to an
admirer:

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...this is the perpetual romance of new life
[metaphor], the invasion of God [metaphor] into the old dead world [metaphor for old
ways of thinking], when he sends into quiet houses [metaphor for old ways of thinking] a
young soul with a thought which is not met, looking for something which is not there,
but which ought to be there:  the thought is dim but it is sure, and he cast about
restless for means and master to verify it; he makes wild attempts to explain himself
and invoke the aid and consent of the
bystanders.

In a simile to
underscore his point that education should encompass all that Nature and the Divine can
teach him, Emerson states, "Education should be as broad as
man." 

In addition, Emerson employs personification in his
discourse, referring to "Economy and Glee," among other examples such as this
one:

Heaven
often protects valuable souls charged with great secrets, great ideas, by long shutting
them up with their own thoughts.

It is ominous when the law
touches it with its
finger.

Near the end of his
essay, Emerson uses an extended metaphor of boys for the eager and open
mind,

 This
is the perpetual romance of new life, the invasion of God into the old dead world, when
he sends into quiet houses a young soul with a thought which is not met, looking for
something which is not there, but which ought to be there: the thought is dim but it is
sure, and he casts about restless for means and masters to verify it; he makes wild
attempts to explain himself and invoke the aid and consent of the
by-standers.

For, concludes
Emerson, "children should be treated as the high-born candidates of truth and virtue"
since they are receptive to the wisdom that lies predominantly in
Nature.