<span>The line "Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting" is both a metaphor and a paradox is a </span>False statement. It is a metaphor but not a paradox because it doesn't contradict.
Answer:
We breathe in _<u>Air</u>__ without which we can't live even for a minute.
The answer is 100% Dramatic irony, the story is very dramatic to make the story more enjoyable
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