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Question
Choose the correct Figure of speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.
____________ but still we keep a bower quiet for us____________ .
Options
Simile
Irony
Metaphor
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Solution
Metaphor - bower stands for rest and peace
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the dead Captain
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