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Identify the metaphor in the following excerpt:

ROMEO

If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

JULIET

Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.


A: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand

B: If I profane with my unworthiest hand

C: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,

D: Which mannerly devotion shows in this;



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i blealive it is A hopefully this helps good luck

Answer: A) My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand.

Explanation: a metaphor is a figure of speech that consists in making a direct comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, in order to create an image in the reader's mind. In the given excerpt from "Romeo and Juliet" we can see an example of a metaphor in the phrase "My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand..." it compares Romeo's lips with pilgrims, so the correct answer is option A.