詩の質問です(小学生)

質問

Being alive

Being alive, now

That is being thirsty

That is the glare of the sunlight

That is the sudden remembrance of a melody

That is sneezing

That is holding hands with you

Being alive

Being alive, now

That is a miniskirt

That is a planetarium

That is Johann Strauss

It is Picasso

It is the Alps

That is meeting everything beautiful

and

carefully shaking off the evil hidden away in it.

Being alive

Being alive, now

That is being able to cry

That is being able to laugh

That is being able to be angry

That is freedom

Being alive

Being alive, now

That is somewhere out there a dog is barking now
That is the earth is spinning now

That is somewhere out there is someone's first cries

That is somewhere out there a soldier is in pain now

That is somewhere out there empty swings sway back and forth now
And now, now is gone

Being alive

Being alive, now

That is a bird fluttering its wings

That is the waves drifting in and out

That is the snail crawling on the ground
That is people loving one another

The warmth of your hand

That is giving me life

この詩は谷川俊太郎さんの詩です。

英語が得意な方、poetic devices (simile.. Personificationなどなど…) 探していただけないでしょうか？
よろしくお願いします。

回答No.1

miknnik

この詩のほとんど全て（That／itで始まる部分）は比喩、metaphor と呼ばれるものです。Metaphor と simile の違いは下記の通りです：

He's a teddy bear. (Metaphor)
He's like a teddy bear. (Simile)

比喩では二つの異なるもの、この例では人間と縫いぐるみ、を同格に扱っていますが、simile では like を使い「～みたいなもの」とするだけの違いです。

Personification は人間でない生き物、無機物、そのアクションをあたかも人間、または人間が行う様に記述するものです：

The village was suckled by the night.

Suckle というのは、母親が嬰児に乳を与えるために胸に抱く意味ですが、ここでは村が夜／暗闇の胸に抱かれる、つまり包み込まれたという表現をしています。