JAMB - Literature In English (2011 - No. 11)

These question are based on literary Appreciation.
Theseus: Now, fair Hippolyta,our nuptial hour
Draw on space for happy day bring in another moon.
But, O, me thinks how slow.
The old moon wanes,she lingers my desires,
Like to a step-drama or a dowager,
Long withering out a young man's revenue.
William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The literary device used in the excerpt above are
personification and simile
alliteration and synechdoche
rhyme and refrain
irony and suspense

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