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Choose the correct figure of speech used in the following lines:

O mischief, thou art swift

To enter in the thoughts of desperate men.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

Mischief, an abstract idea, is addressed as a living being ('thou art swift') capable of entering people's thoughts. Giving human qualities to an abstract concept is personification. There is no implied comparison (metaphor), substitution of a related term (metonymy), or notable vowel repetition (assonance).

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