The bravest -- grope a little -- and sometimes hit a tree directly in the forehead -- but as they learn to see -- the dashes are an example of 1. devices 2. metaphors 3. rhymes

1. Devices

Explanation:

In the excerpt, the dashes are an example of a literary device as its purpose is to achieve a particular artistic effect in the piece of writing. There are three types of dashes, and each of them has different functions: The hyphen, the En dash, and the EM dash. The one used here is the Em dash, the longest dash of them all, which takes up the spacing of a capital M in print, and can be written as double hyphens "--" or like this "—." The purpose of this dash is to introduce new ideas into a sentence, to create heightened drama, or to put emphasis on a phrase or part of a sentence, such as it is used in the excerpt.

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explanation:

the tone of the passage is sympathetic to the forbidden love of romeo and juliet. the nurse plays a significant role in the play. she is responsible for making their meeting again possible. additionally, there is a sense of warning in the choice of words of the nurse. she seems to be authoritative when she calls romeo "scurvy knave", and at the same time the fact that she addresses to him as "sir" reflects respect. the nurse is "vexed", this word describes her confused state of mind. on the one hand, she finds romeo a fine and eloquent man, but on the other, it is thought that man's nature forces men to try to trick women.