The phrases 'oceanic eyes' and 'absent eyes' are an example of:
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Correct answer: A. parallelism
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The same adjective + 'eyes' structure is repeated.
Note: Passage I is a love poem in the manner of Neruda's 'Leaning into the afternoons' (Twenty Love Poems, no. 7), which is copyrighted and not reproduced. In the afternoons the speaker casts his sad nets toward the beloved's 'oceanic eyes'. His solitude 'stretches and flares' like a drowning man's, and he sends out red signals over her 'absent eyes' that move like the sea near a lighthouse. Night comes on with its stars and dread.