From the novel; Selected Poems from: New Poetry from Africa; Poems of Black Africa; A Selection of African Poetry; Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Longman Examination Guides; West African Verse

'Serrating down your back and front
Like beak of the sword-fish,
And both your ears, notched
As a bondsman to this house...'

The dominant figure of speech in the above lines from J.P. Clark's 'Abiku' is

a

onomatopoeia

b

synecdoche

c

simile

d

metaphor

e

verismilitude.

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acc129
3 months ago

the answer should be simile
my school please stop misleading student

feshitan2025
2 months ago

seriously

Maryadeolu
1 year ago

it's simile

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