<span>The purpose of the figurative language in this excerpt </span>from The Crisis, Number I is to make the audience feel that being a self-centered and a person who refuses to speak about anything for the good of the common people is cruel and cold hearted. It is shown in this phrase "curse his cowardice who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole".
The answer is: [D]: "to warn the king to reverse his decisions" .
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Explanation:
<em>NHS </em><em> </em><em>CLINICS </em>- 2nd Para
<u>Researchers</u><u> </u><u>in </u><u>Cambridge</u><u> </u>- 3rd Para
just from my own understanding
That is a metaphor. Two things are being compared without using like or as.
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Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.Reading poetry well is part attitude and part technique. Curiosity is a useful attitude, especially when it’s free of preconceived ideas about what poetry is or should be. Effective technique directs your curiosity into asking questions, drawing you into a conversation with the poem.