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16 June, 04:53

What literary device is used in these lines from "Music, When Soft Voices Die (To--) " by Percy Shelley?

Odors, when sweet violets sicken.

Live within the sense they quicken.

A: metaphor

B: alliteration

C: allusion

D: apostrophe

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  1. 16 June, 05:41
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    C: allusion I know it isn't metaphor because it isn't comparing anything and not alliteration because the same letters aren't used. It's not apostrophe because an apostrophe is ➡️ '
  2. 16 June, 05:55
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    Metaphors because it's using figurative language, alliteration isn't used since there is no repeating of the same letter sound, there is no allusion because nothing is being shown.
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