Figurative language used in 'Neighbours'

1. 'Knocks on my concience' This is a hyperbole. The author's character is reminded to give cakes to her neighbour and this phrase potrays it nicely.

2. 'Poor woman, dosen't know how to make cakes' This is a hyperbole. The author is trying to exagerate how 'I' look down on 'my' neighbour.

3. 'I hear she's a gossip' This is a hyperbole. The author is trying to create the irony of 'I' saying that the neighbour is a gossip when the whole poem is about 'me' gossiping about her.

4. 'We hold with fists clenched tight' This is a hyberbole. The author is trying to describe the inside hatred between the two neightbours.