Question

Orsino: Why, so I do, the noblest that I have!

O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Methought she purg'd the air of pestilence!
That instant was I turn'd into a hart;
What is the figurative language used in the lines above?

Answer 1

This is an example of a metaphor.

A metaphor is comparing two unlike things without using like or as. In the sentence, “That instant was I turn’d into a hart” he is comparing himself to a hart. A hart is a deer.