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OpenStudy (pichardo510):

Which literary device does Edmund Spenser use in this excerpt from his Sonnet 9?

OpenStudy (cas_fangirl_14):

The correct answer is C. Hyperbole. This is because her eyes do not really shine goodly light nor do they shine by night, he is just overreacting. It isn't a simile because it doesn't have the famous "as something as something" pattern, nor are they a metaphor because he describes her eyes obviously and doesn't try to symbolically represent them. They aren't personified and do not show human emotions or thoughts and opinions, or behavior.

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