Read the following passage and answer the questions by choosing the correct option :-

The sun descending in the west,
The evening star does shine;
The birds are silent in their nest.
And I must seek for mine

The moon, like a flower
In heaven's high bower
With silent delight
Sits and smiles on the night

Farewell, green fields and happy grove,
Where flocks have took delight:
Where lambs have nibbled, silent move
The feet of angels bright;

Unseen they pour blessing
And joy without ceasing
On each bud and blossom,
And each sleeping bosom.

They look in every thoughtless nest
Where birds are covered warm:
They visit caves of every beast,
To keep them all from harm:

If they see any weeping
That should have been sleeping
They pour sleep on their head,
And sit down by their bed

Choose the correct figure of speech in the line "heaven's high bower".

Metaphor

The correct answer is OPTION 3 Metaphor

The correct figure of speech used in the line "heaven's high bower" is: Metaphor

Here's why:

• Metaphor: This figure of speech directly compares two things by suggesting one is the other. In this case, "heaven's high bower" compares the sky to a "bower," which is a leafy shelter or arbor. This metaphorical language adds imagery and suggests the vastness and tranquility of the night sky.
• Simile: This figure of speech uses "like" or "as" to compare two things indirectly. The passage doesn't use such direct comparison in this line.
• Personification: This gives human qualities to non-human things. While the description of "heaven's high bower" evokes a sense of place, it doesn't attribute any human characteristics to it.
• Transferred epithet: This transfers an adjective that modifies one thing to another thing in the same sentence. There's no such transfer of an adjective in this line.