Question

Which of the following lines from Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 employs a metaphor? But no such roses see I in her cheeks I grant I never saw a goddess go My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun I have seen roses damask'd, red and white

Answer 1

this is the answer But no such roses see I in her cheeks.

Sonnet 130' is a poem written by William Shakespeare. In this sonnet, Shakespeare mocks the formal tradition of portraying beauty in literature.

Shakespeare has used metaphors in the sonnet to make comparison.

The line in which Shakespeare has used is in first statement mentioned in the options. In this line, Shakespeare has used extended metaphor.

Answer 2

But no such roses see I in her cheeks.

Step-by-step explanation:

'Sonnet 130' is a poem written by William Shakespeare. In this sonnet, Shakespeare mocks the formal tradition of portraying beauty in literature.

Shakespeare has used metaphors in the sonnet to make comparison.

The line in which Shakespeare has used is in first statement mentioned in the options. In this line, Shakespeare has used extended metaphor.

Extended metaphors is that metaphor which is extended to mutiple lines in a text. The writer has used the metaphor of comparing reality versus showy beauty in preceeding lines in the sonnet as well.

So, option first is correct answer.