I cannot send you one single flower from this wealth of the spring, one single streak of gold from yonder clouds. Open your doors and look abroad. From your blossoming garden gather fragrant memories of the vanished flowers of an hundred years before. –"85," Rabindranath Tagore What type of figurative language is used in the line "one single streak of gold from yonder clouds," and what is its effect? It is a metaphor that compares sunlight to gold. It is personification that makes the clouds seem wealthy. It is a metaphor that compares a streak with clouds. It is personification that makes streaks seem alive with gold.
