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Female Colonial Poets — Quiz

Question 9 • Literature and Composition III

Which line from "A Hymn to the Evening" contains a metaphor?

Answer
A
"Let placid slumbers sooth each weary mind"
B
"Soon as the sun forsook the eastern main"
C
"And draws the sable curtains of the night,"
D
"So shall the labors of the day begin"

Explanation

The line “And draws the sable curtains of the night” compares nightfall to someone drawing dark curtains across the sky. This is a metaphor because it describes night as curtains without using “like” or “as.”

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