The rhyme scheme of a typical Shakespearean sonnet is ____.
A. abab-cdcd-efef-gg
B. aabb-ccdd-eeff-gg
C. abab-cdcd-eeff-gg
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According to the American literary theorist Kenneth Burke, the “four master tropes” are ____.
A. metaphor, simile, metonymy and irony
B. personification, metaphor, synecdoche and irony
C. metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche and irony
In the poem “Fire and Ice”, desire is metaphorically compared to ____.
A. ice
B. fire
C. destruction
In the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, “promises to keep” may be interpreted as metaphorically referring to ____.
A. worldly responsibilities
B. eventual death
C. difficult times in life
Simile differs from metaphor in that ____.
A. the latter contains an explicit assertion of resemblance through use of the words “like” or “as”
B. the former contains an explicit assertion of resemblance through use of the words “like” or “as”
C. the former contains an explicit assertion of resemblance through use of such words as “is” or “be”