Ah, love, let us be true
to one another! for the world, which seems
to lie before us like a land of dreams,
matthew arnold, "dover beach"
which type of figurative language is the author using in this excerpt from matthew arnold's "dover beach"?
a. simile
b. personification
c. oxymoron
d. allusion

The answer is: A. Simile

Simile is the explicit comparison of two different kinds of things to make a description more powerful and intense. It uses words such as like and as, and verb similar to resemble.

In excerpt from Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach," the narrator is talking to his wife or lover, and makes use of simile to compare the world to a land of dreams.

- the mistakes that have been done in the past will repeat themselves

- you will trust all the wrong people

the answer is not b, and i don't think its a, so i choose either man's identity is found within the traditions of his ancestors   or language is a powerful tool, tell me if i was wrong or right by the way