Question

The lines, "grapes be all one vine" and "corn be all one sheaf" are examples of which literary element?

metaphor

simile

allusion

imagery

Answer 1

The lines "grapes be all one vine" and "corn be all one sheaf" are examples of **metaphor**. In these lines, the comparison of grapes to a vine and corn to a sheaf illustrates a concept without using "like" or "as," which is characteristic of metaphors.