Which of the following lines from Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 employs a metaphor?

A. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun

B. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white

C. But no such roses see I in her cheeks

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Elena Rush

6 April, 17:39

Which of the following lines from Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 employs a metaphor?

A. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun

B. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white

C. But no such roses see I in her cheeks

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Answers (2)

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Emmanuel Garrett · Answer 1

C.

A is more of a simile I don't know what B is

Parker Mosley · Answer 2

C. But no such roses see I in her cheeks

Explanation:

Metaphor is a language figure widely used to make comparisons by resemblance. It is the use of one word with the meaning of another. It is a kind of subjective, momentary comparison. It consists in the use of a word or an expression in an unusual sense, implicitly manifesting a similarity relationship between two terms, as can be observed in the phrase "But no such roses see I in her cheeks".

Which of the following lines from Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 employs a metaphor?A. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sunB. I have seen roses damask'd, red and whiteC. But no such roses see I in her cheeks

Which of the following lines from Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 employs a metaphor?

A. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun

B. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white

C. But no such roses see I in her cheeks