Identify the type оf figurаtive lаnguаge used in bоld in the оpening lines from Lucretius' On the Nature of Things: Mother of Romans, delight of gods and men. Sweet Venus, who under the wheeling signs of heaven Rouse the ship-shouldering sea and the fruitful earth And make them teem--for through you all that breathe Are begotten, and rise to see the light of the sun; From you, goddess, the winds flee, from you and your coming Flee the storms of heaven; for you the artful earth Sends up sweet flowers, for you the ocean laughs...