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Read the following line and identify the figure of speech used in each extract. To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran.

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Read the following line and identify the figure of speech used in each extract.

To her fair works did Nature link

The human soul that through me ran.

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Solution

To her fair works did Nature link- Personification

The human soul that through me ran- Metaphor

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Chapter 3.2: Lines Written in the Early Spring - Exercises [Page 87]

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Chapter 3.2 Lines Written in the Early Spring
Exercises | Q 5. A. a. | Page 87

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