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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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Answer:

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Apostrophe

Step-by-step explanation:

He's talking directly to his dead son.

User Manish Basdeo
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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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