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Question
Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.
I was angry with my friend.
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe.
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
Identify the figure of speech in the title of the poem.
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Solution
The figure of speech is “metaphor”
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