In "Turtle" by Kay Ryan, what is the central figure of speech? My first guess is metaphor because the poem is comparing a person to a turtle. I'm...

As
the previous educator has noted, this whole poem seems to revolve around metaphors: the turtle
isnote that it is not described as being "like," as in aa "hard roll, a
four-oared helmet." Apart from the initial description of the turtle as a "roll,"
there is a thread which connects the metaphors into one extended image of the turtle as a sort
of transport vehicle: this semantic field of travel and transport is communicated through such
words as "oared," "rowing," and "track." First, the turtle is
seemingly a sort of boat, pictured rowing into the grass; then, she begins "dragging"
and becomes stuck to her "axles," as if she is a kind of amphibious craft. The
language makes us picture other vehicles...