Select the figures of speech used in the given lines.
Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race,
Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours
(A) personification, alliteration
(B) personification, simile
(C) antithesis, pun
(D) personification, metaphor
Select the figures of speech used in the given lines.
Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race,
Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours
(A) personification, alliteration
(B) personification, simile
(C) antithesis, pun
(D) personification, metaphor
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 1
Time is addressed and given human qualities such as envy and running a race, which is personification and also a metaphor of the race. 'Lazy leaden-stepping' repeats the initial l sound, giving alliteration. So (A) and (D) both apply.
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