Can someone please help me? Read the passage to answer the following questions
“Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe 1 It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought 5 Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee; 10 With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling 15My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. 20The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me- Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, 25Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we- Of many far wiser than we- And neither the angels in heaven above, 30Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; 35And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, 40In her tomb by the sounding sea. Read the above passage to answer the following questions:
Question~ 8. The type of figurative language used in line 20 is an example of A. Alliteration B. Allusion C. Hyperbole D. Onomatopoeia
Do you have an idea of which one you think it is?
im not to sure, but its either hyperbole or allusion.
To be honest Ma'am /sir I have no idea
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its a hyperbole because hyperboles are statements that should not be taken and are not literal. and angels sleeping in heaven, well thats not literal at all.
yeah, for sure its a hyperbole.
Oh ok, thank you again!
I think it might be an allusion, but i'm not sure.
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