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Question 30 (1 point) Lives of great men remind us / We can make our lives sublime; And, departing, leave behind us / Footprints on the sands of time. a simile b hyperbole c metaphor d onomatopoeia e personification
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Question 30 (1 point)

Lives of great men remind us / We can make our lives sublime;
And, departing, leave behind us / Footprints on the sands of time.

a
simile

b
hyperbole

c
metaphor

d
onomatopoeia

e
personification

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Time is being personified in this as a beach. But they are also comparing time to a beach so it might be metaphor
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