[header] How to analyze a quote [title] Point out figurative language. [step] A quote, whether or written or spoken, will have a unique linguistic style and structure. Note the use of any figurative language (metaphors, similes, hyperbole, idioms, hyperbole, personification, and so on) that may add depth or a double meaning to the words. 
Such comparisons often make quotes more memorable and consequential. [substeps] As an example, you could write, " hemingway used a blunt and dark metaphor when he said ,' writing is easy.