Which lines in this excerpt from Mary Otis Warren's poem "A Political Reverie" use figurative language?

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I look with rapture at the distant dawn,

And view the glories of the opening morn,

When justice holds his sceptre o’er the land,

And rescues freedom from a tyrant’s hand;

When patriot states in laurel crowns may rise,

And ancient kingdoms court them as allies;

Glory and valour shall be here display'd,

And virtue rear her long dejected head;

Her standard plant beneath these gladden’d skies,

Her fame extend, and arts and science rise;

While empire’s lofty spreading sails unfurl’d,

Roll swiftly on towards the western world

There are many lines here that are figurative. An example can be
And virtue rear her long dejected head;
Her standard plant beneath these gladden’d skies,
Virtue is not a real person so this is personification because it cannot really rear it's head.

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Anonymous Anonymous · Answer 2 · 2016-07-31T23:30:40-04:00

The lines below use the figurative language of personification:

When justice holds his sceptre o’er the land
And rescues freedom from a tyrant’s hand;
And virtue rear her long dejected head;
These two lines use metaphor:
While empire’s lofty spreading sails unfurl’d,
Roll swiftly on towards the western world

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