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21 December, 05:51

Read these lines from Ben Jonson's poem, "On My First Son": Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy. Seven years thou'wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. Which poetic device does Johnson use in these lines?

Apostrophe

Enjambment

Metaphor

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  1. 21 December, 06:09
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    Metaphor; he isn't a literal child of his right hand, he's saying the son was important to him. the child wasn't 'lent; ' he is comparing life to a loan from god.
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