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8.1: Female Colonial Poets

Question 17 • HVA 26-27 IM English ELA 11 A

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

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

Explanation

“And draws the sable curtains of the night” compares the coming darkness to dark curtains being drawn across the sky. That comparison is a metaphor: night is described as if it were a curtain, without using “like” or “as.”

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