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3926

A dead metaphor is

  • A. overused and ineffective
  • B. implied and not funny
  • C. implied and underused
  • D. overused and funny
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3927

The third stanza of the Shakespearean sonnet is

  • A. couplet
  • B. sextet
  • C. octave
  • D. quatrain
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Read the poem below and answer the question below:

Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn,
Grew lean while he assailed the season; He wept that he was ever born,
And he had reasons.
Miniver loved the days of old
When swords were bright and steeds prancing; The vision of a warrior bold
Would set him dancing.
 

3928

child of scorn illustrates

  • A. euphemism
  • B. contrast
  • B. metaphor
  • D. metonymy
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3929

The metrical structure is predominantly

  • A. trochaic
  • B. dactyllic
  • C. iambic
  • D. spondaic
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3930

Reading the poem, one notices that the poet is being
 

  • A. hyperbolic
  • B. euphemistic
  • C. ironic
  • D. sarcastic
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