This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
In Williams Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
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 it but mocks reproof.’
A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of
In Williams Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
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 it but mocks reproof.’
A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of
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A.
assonance -
B.
Metaphor -
C.
Litotes -
D.
antonym
Correct Answer: Option B
Explanation
A heart of stone in the excerpt is metaphor because it is a direct comparison without the use of ‘as’ or ‘like’.
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