“O world, thou were the forest to this hart, and this indeed, O world, the heart of theе.” Which of the following uses the same literary device as given above?

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“O world, thou were the forest to this hart, and this indeed, O world, the heart of theе.”

Which of the following uses the same literary device as given above?

Options

The bees buzzed around the flower-filled garden.
Her eyes are buttons.
She caught the scent of mothballs in the abandoned home.
Broken pencils are pointless.

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Solution

Her eyes are buttons.

Explanation:

The given lines use a metaphor by comparing the world to a forest and Caesar to a hart. 'Her eyes are buttons' also makes a direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as'. Therefore, it is another example of metaphor.

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“O world, thou were the forest to this hart, and this indeed, O world, the heart of theе.” Which of the following uses the same literary device as given above?

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