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Read the following excerpt from Sonnet II, "Time does not bring relief by

Edna St. Vincent Millay:
Time does not bring relief; you all have lied
Who told me time would ease me of my pain!
I miss him in the weeping of the rain;
I want him at the shrinking of the tide;
The old snows melt from every mountain-side,
And last year's leaves are smoke in every lane;
But last year's bitter loving must remain
Heaped on my heart, and my old thoughts abide.
Which statement best explains how the poet's use of figurative language in
this excerpt conveys the tone?
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A She compares last year's leaves' to smoke to convey a forlom
attitude
B. She uses the words "lied' and 'pain' to create a hostile tone.
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C. She uses personification to show that time is unable to ease a
broken heart
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D. She creates a peaceful tone by comparing the weeping rain to the
shrinking tide

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Answer:

B. She uses the words "lied' and 'pain' to create a hostile tone.

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