Question

but who's to say we have to be more sugar than spice?
i. Which figure of speech is the poet using in this line - a simile or a metaphor?
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Answer 1

A metaphor

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Answer 2

The answer to the given question is as follows:-

In the given sentence, the usage of the phrase "more sugar than spice" by the poet is an indication of a metaphor as a figure of speech.

• A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to draw a comparison between two unrelated things which can be co-related in meaning.
• Although a simile also functions the same way, a metaphor is different from it since compares the two concerned entities directly with words like "as", "such as", etc.
• Here "more sugar than spice" means something or someone being very friendly than showing an antagonistic approach.