This question is based on literary Appreciation. I have said too much unto a heart...

LITERATURE
JAMB 2011

This question is based on literary Appreciation.

I have said too much unto a heart of stone,And laid my honour too unchary on it', There's something in me that reproves my fault, But such a headstrong potent fault it is that That is but mocks reproof.' William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

A heart of stone in the line above is an example of

  • A. metonymy
  • B. assonance
  • C. metaphor
  • D. litotes

Correct Answer: C. metaphor



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