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Read the following poem by Amy Lowell and answer the question that follows.

"Prime"

Your voice is like bells over roofs at dawn
When a bird flies
And the sky changes to a fresher color.

Speak, speak, Beloved.
Say little things
For my ears to catch
And run with them to my heart.

What does the use of a figurative language device in the bolded lines add to the poem's meaning?

-The oxymoron of how bells fly over the roofs at dawn illustrates how sound and birds fly.
-The paradox used here illustrates the vast difference between the church bells and the voice of their loved one.
-The simile comparing the church bells to their love's voice illustrates how welcome that sound is.
-The use of meiosis shows how the author's love is as insignificant as bells, a bird, or the sky.

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Answer:

the simile comparing the church bells

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