Match List I with List II:
| List I: Expression | List II: Figure of speech |
|---|---|
| A. 'Her hair a harp' | I. Simile (comparison by 'seems') |
| B. 'The hand of a breeze' | II. Metaphor |
| C. 'Seems the carved face' | III. Oxymoron |
| D. 'My wakened dream' | IV. Personification |
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Correct answer: A. A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
Explanation
A direct identification (metaphor); a breeze given hands (personification); a likeness marked by 'seems' (simile); a waking dream (oxymoron).
Note: Passage I is Stephen Spender's 'Daybreak', which is copyrighted and not reproduced. At dawn the speaker watches his beloved asleep: her hair 'a harp' played by 'the hand of a breeze', her cheek a rose on cloud-like pillows, her profile like 'the carved face' of an angel. She wakes, speaks his name, and says 'my dream has come true', and their two dreams flow together.
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