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Question
Find an example from the poem that contain:
Similie
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Solution
The peasants came like swarms of flies. The peasants are compared directly to swarms of flies, with the use of the word ‘like’.
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| (3) And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep. | (c) | Inversion |
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the dead Captain
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