'To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour'
- William Blake
To see a World In a Grain of Sand.
The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is
metaphor
simile
paradox
hyperbole
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Paradox will be the suitable answer. It is the placement of contrasting ideas side by side to bring about a fact. To see the world in a grain of sand juxtaposes a big thing and a small one in a sentence which will make it unintelligable until you understand what the poet means. Another example is; those who crave for peace must first prepare for war-contrasting ideas.
It should be hyperbole, there's an exaggeration in there more of compared to metaphor.
There's is no direct imagination in the sentence enough to tag it a metaphor
