Question

And since that time it is eleven years;

For then she could stand alone; nay, by the rood,

She could have run and waddled all about;

For even the day before, she broke her brow:

And then my husband--God be with his soul!

A’ was a merry man--took up the child:



Identify the dramatic device used in the nurse’s lines.




A.


flashback




B.


metaphor




C.


foreshadowing




D.


punning