Which of the following statements is an example of a metaphor? a. the horse hooves of rain landed loudly on the tin roof. b. the dog ran straight into the patch of wet cement. c. her voice was like a thick velvet blanket. d. the trees swayed gently as nature's dancers.

Weave a circle round him thrice, and close your eyes with holy dread, for he on honeydew hath fed, and drunk the milk of paradise. which sound device is used in these lines from “kubla khan” by samuel taylor coleridge to emphasize the amazement the speaker expects people to feel if he is able to build a dome of air? the consonance between “close” and “eyes” the consonance between “drunk” and “milk” the alliteration between “honeydew” and “hath” the assonance between “close” and “holy”