Read the extract below and answer the question: ......O, when mine eyes did see Olivia...
LITERATURE
WAEC 1990
Read the extract below and answer the question:
......O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Me thoughtshe purged the air of pestilence;
That instant was, I turned into a hert,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E'er since pursue me.
(Act 1, Scene 1)
The figure of speech used in the underlined expression is
- A. personification
- B. paradox
- C. metaphor
- D. irony
Correct Answer: C. metaphor
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