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Epigrammatic Symbolism

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of epigrammatic symbolism?

  1. The world is too much with us; late and soon, / Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.
  2. Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!
  3. I'm a riddle in nine syllables, an elephant, a ponderous house, a melon strolling on two tendrils.
  4. Hope is a lover's staff.