"...A charge of snuff the wily virgin threw;/The gnomes direct, to every atom just./The pungent grains of titillating dust./Sudden with starting with tears each eye O'erflows./And the high dome re-echoes to his nose."

This account of the conflict between Belinda and the Baron

A:Uses satire to ridicule the upper class***
B:Uses irony to portray the ruling classes as nobles
C:Uses sarcasm to indicate contempt for the lower classes.
D:Uses understatement to downplay the rift between the classes.

Is this correct?

3 answers

yes you are correct great work :D
I don't think so. I think you are both misreading these lines. Are gnomes the upper class and the wily virgin the lower class? Think about it.
I'm thinking D
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