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प्रश्न
Figures of speech
Anaphora: Repetition of a word or a phrase at the beginning of a sequence of sentences, paragraphs, and lines.
(e.g.) How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!
Identify the figures of speech.
”Your eyes are like the diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead!”
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उत्तर
Simile (spider’s eyes are compared with diamond, using the word “like”)
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