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Question
Explain the Figure of Speech in the following line.
Bestow this jewel also on my creature-METAPHOR because.....
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Solution
Bestow this jewel also on my creature-METAPHOR because ‘rest’ is compared to ‘a jewel’. This is an example of an indirect comparison.
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