I need to know and describe the figures of speech in this poem. Please help im desperate and I dont understand poetry. The gaudy tapestry of...

Two figures of speech that stand out for me with this poem
are metaphor and personfication.

The metaphors seem
generally pretty short, as in the opening line "The gaudy tapestry of June." The month
of June doesn't literally have a tapestry, so this statement is clearly an example of
figurative speech. I think this metaphor might bring to mind all of the colors of
flowers that tend to be in full bloom in
June.

Personification is used much more extensively in the
poem. There's a string of instances, all tied to the idea of created a sense of a
medieval world: "bees drumming gregorian" likens the insects' noises to the chanting of
monks, and "lilacs swinging censers" likens the flowers to attendants at a Catholic mass
who lightly swing an incense-filled ball on a chain in order to waft the scent of
incense across the room.

As I reread the poem, I see the
"gaudy tapestry of June" as more than just a reference to colorful flowers. The whole
tapestry "quickens," we're told; it comes to life. "Tapestry" is probably being used
here in a broader, also metaphoric sense: the speaker seems to be reflecting on the
interwoven fabric of life.