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Q: Direction : Read the poem given below and answer the question that follow (Q. Nos. 146 to 151) by selecting the correct/most appropriate option. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry; For having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry. Identify the figure of speech used in : The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun.
  • A. Personification
  • B. Hyperbole
  • C. Simile
  • D. Metaphor
Correct Answer: Option D - The figure of speech 'Metaphor' is used in the above line 'The glorious lamp to heaven' the sun. In this line two objects (the glorious lamb and the sun) comprised with each other without comparison word. Hence, the correct answer is option (d).
D. The figure of speech 'Metaphor' is used in the above line 'The glorious lamp to heaven' the sun. In this line two objects (the glorious lamb and the sun) comprised with each other without comparison word. Hence, the correct answer is option (d).

Explanations:

The figure of speech 'Metaphor' is used in the above line 'The glorious lamp to heaven' the sun. In this line two objects (the glorious lamb and the sun) comprised with each other without comparison word. Hence, the correct answer is option (d).