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"Ten thousand saw I at a glance" is an example of:

Ahyperbole

Bsimile

Calliteration

Dmetaphor

Answer:

A. hyperbole

Read Explanation:

  • The line "Ten thousand saw I at a glance" from Wordsworth’s Daffodils is an exaggeration — the poet did not literally count ten thousand daffodils, but uses that number to emphasize how many there were.

  • That kind of exaggeration to create emphasis is what defines hyperbole.

The other options don’t fit:

  • Simile would use like or as for comparison, which isn’t in that line.

  • Alliteration is repetition of initial consonant sounds (e.g. “ten thousand”), but although “ten thousand” has a repeated “t,” the main figure here is exaggeration, not sound repetition.

  • Metaphor implies a direct comparison, which isn’t what’s happening — it’s more about vivid description via exaggeration.


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