Question

Longing by Paul Laurence Dunbar

If you could sit with me beside the sea to-day.
And whisper with me sweetest dreamings o'er and o'er;
I think I should not find the clouds so dim and gray.
And not so loud the waves complaining at the shore.
If you could sit with me upon the shore to-day,
And hold my hand in yours as in the days of old,
I think I should not mind the chill baptismal spray,
Nor find my hand and heart and all the world so cold.
If you could walk with me upon the strand to-day.
And tell me that my longing love had won your own,
I think all my sad thoughts would then be put away,
And I could give back laughter for the Ocean's moan!

Which line from the poem best illustrates the poet's use of figurative language to assist the reader in understanding the meaning of the poem?
(1 point)
"And tell me that my longing love had won your own"
"If you could sit with me beside the sea to-day"
" think I should not find the cloud so dim and gray"
"And hold my hand in yours as in the days of old"

Answer 1

"And tell me that my longing love had won your own"

This line uses figurative language (the idea of love "winning" someone) to show the speaker's desire for reciprocation and how that would relieve his longing and sadness.