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By the Stream

Paul Laurence Dunbar



By the stream I dream in calm delight, and watch as in a glass,
How the clouds like crowds of snowy-hued and white-robed maidens pass,
And the water into ripples breaks and sparkles as it spreads,
Like a host of armored knights with silver helmets on their heads.
And I deem the stream an emblem fit of human life may go, (5)
For I find a mind may sparkle much and yet but shallows show,
And a soul may glow with myriad lights and wondrous mysteries,
When it only lies a dormant thing and mirrors what it sees.

Which type of figurative language is used in lines two and four of this poem?

1. A simple, straightforward depiction of a natural scene.

2. An observation of nature that reveals something about human nature.

3. A complicated explanation of a scientific process at work in nature.

4. An unrealistic, exaggerated depiction of an observed scene.

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Answer:

2. An observation of nature that reveals something about human nature.

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