Question

Identify the figures of speech in the given lines.
We had everything before us,
We had nothing before us.

• A. Repetition and Antithesis
• B. Repetition and Hyperbole
• C. Repetition and Anticlimax
• D. Repetition and Climax

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Repetition and Antithesis

We had everything before us,
We had nothing before us.
Repetition - ‘We had...’ is repeated in the beginning of both the lines.
Antithesis - The phrase ‘everything before us’ is the opposite of
‘nothing before us’.