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What type of figurative language is used in the following lines from Poe's "Sonnet-To Science"? Hast thou not torn the Naiad fr...Question
What type of figurative language is used in the following lines from Poe's "Sonnet-To Science"?
Hast thou not torn the Naiad from her flood,
The Elfin from the green grass, and from me
The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree?
allusion
paradox
oxymoron
simile
pun
Hast thou not torn the Naiad from her flood,
The Elfin from the green grass, and from me
The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree?
allusion
paradox
oxymoron
simile
pun
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The type of figurative language used in the lines from Poe's "Sonnet-To Science" is **allusion**. The speaker references mythological figures and natural elements (like Naiads and Elves) that evoke a sense of beauty and imagination, suggesting that science has taken these elements away.