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Question
Which of the following lines contains the same literary device as the one in 'I wandered lonely as a cloud,' from wordsworth's poem, 'Daffodils'?
Options
'And miles to go before I sleep/And miles to go before I sleep'
'Fresh as a rose in June'
'Thus Nature spoke-The work was done'
'You're one month on in the middle of May'
Solution
'Fresh as a rose in June'
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