WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night Read the extract below and answer the question I have said...
LITERATURE
WAEC 1999
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
Read the extract below and answer the question
I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on 't;
There's something in me that reproves my fault,
But such a headstrong potent fault it is
That it but mocks reproof.
(Acts iii, Scene 4)
The figure of speech used in '' a heart of stone'' is
- A. hyperbole
- B. metonymy
- C. paradox
- D. metaphor
Correct Answer: D. metaphor
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