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My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now that I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow
The child is father of the man

The literary device used in line 1 is
  • A. simile
  • B. alliteration
  • C. litotes
  • D. personification
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My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now that I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow
The child is father of the man

The literary device used in line 6 is an example of
  • A. synecdoche
  • B. irony
  • C. paradox
  • D. hyperbole
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''Forty hands descended on the devilish head'' illustrates
  • A. epigram
  • B. synecdoche
  • C. metonymy
  • D. allegory
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Pick the odd item out of the options listed below:
  • A. sonnet
  • B. epic
  • C. allusion
  • D. ode
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A deliberate violation of the rules of verification constitutes
  • A. imperfect rhyme
  • B. poetic license
  • C. verbal irony
  • D. comic relief
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