The document discusses examples of figurative language in four poems. The first poem, "Table Manners" by Gelett Burgess, uses figurative language like "gug and gumble" to describe rude eating habits. The second poem, the lullaby "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" uses nature imagery like "large stars are the sheep" and "gentle moon's the shepherdess." The third poem, an anonymous limerick, uses figurative comparisons like "her hair was like silk" and "her skin smooth as milk." The final poem, "The Ram" by an unknown author, exaggerates the size of the ram with phrases like "stood ‘bout ten yards high