HELP!! Sea Fever by John Masefields

[Poetess]

I don`t actually want to discuss it as DISCUSS it! I`m so very exhausted. I`ve been studying for like 6 hours continuously for Physics. I also have this formative test with Figurative language.. I knew that she would text Sea-Fever and ask us to pick the Figurative Language out of it. I swear i`m not able to focus! Would anyone help me, now, with that? I know i`m late.


"Sea-Fever"

I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

[Poetess]

Haha anyway thx, i`m off to bed now..

[ennison]

the wheel's kick
the wind's song
a grey mist on the sea's face
the call of the running tide
the vagrant gypsy life
the wind's like a whetted knife
the long trick's

Too late for your request I guess but these are some of the obvious bits. Most are the form of metaphor known as personification. There's one simile but as metaphors are also comparisons there is no difference in the function of metaphor and simile. Someone else might find that useful. Masefield was a very good poet.

[ennison]

Lots of alliteration and assonance