Hyperbole is a type of figurative language involving exaggeration. which lines in this excerpt from andrew marvel's "to his coy mistress" are examples of hyperbole? had we but world enough and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime. we would sit down, and think which way to walk, and pass our long love’s day. thou by the indian ganges’ side shouldst rubies find; i by the tide of humber would complain. i would love you ten years before the flood, and you should, if you , refuse till the conversion of the jews. my vegetable love should grow vaster than empires and more slow; [an hundred years should go to praise thine eyes, and on thy forehead gaze; ] two hundred to adore each breast, but thirty thousand to the rest; an age at least to every part, and the last age should show your heart. for, lady, you deserve this state, nor would i

Explanation:

In some lines of the extract you can appreciate Hyperbole. They are:

"love you ten years before the flood." This is clearly an exaggeration since to make a declaration of love, the individual exaggerates in affirming that he has loved that person even before the universal flood occurred, an event millions of years ago.

In other lines where Hyperbole can be seen are: Two hundred to worship each breast, and " but thirty thousand to the rest"... to refer to the age you would need to worship your beloved. They are also exaggerations since a human being does not last that long.

answer: a

explanation:

read the following excerpt from “greece” by oscar wilde.

the sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky

burned like a heated opal through the air;

we hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair

for the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

which words does the poet include to the reader visualize the scene?

“the sea was sapphire”

“through the air”

“was blowing fair”

“to the eastward lie”

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