What rhetorical device does thomas jefferson use in this passage? he has plundered our seas, ravaged our coast, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people: parallelism irony alliteration allusion

This is an example of A. Parallelism.

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your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

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