Question
English Question on Figure of speech/Literary Devices
Choose the most appropriate option that best explains the figure of speech in this line :
In rivers the water that you touch is the last of what passed and the first of that which comes: so, with time present. (Leonardo Da Vinci )
A
Personification of the tangible and the intangible
B
Simile that compares water and time
C
Hyperbole that reveals elements of similarities
D
Metaphysical analogy that divides time past from time future
Answer
Metaphysical analogy that divides time past from time future
Explanation
Solution
The correct option is (D) : Metaphysical analogy that divides time past from time future.