Match List I with List II:
| List I: Lines | List II: Device |
|---|---|
| A. Pope: 'Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike' | I. Irony |
| B. Austen: 'It is a truth universally acknowledged…' | II. Simile |
| C. Keats: 'Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness' | III. Antithesis |
| D. Coleridge: 'And ice, mast-high, came floating by, / As green as emerald' | IV. Assonance |
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Correct answer: A. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
Explanation
Pope's portrait of Atticus; the ironic opening of Pride and Prejudice; the long 'i' sounds of the Grecian Urn; the Mariner's simile.
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