There was aware of her true love, at length come riding by - This is a couplet from the Bailiff's Daughter of Islington. What figure of speech is used by the poet ?
Correct answer: B. Synecdoche
- A. Metaphor
- B. Synecdoche
- C. Euphemism
- D. Irony
Explanation
“True love” is used to refer to the beloved person rather than to the abstract emotion itself, a metonymic use often labelled synecdoche in elementary literary terminology. The line is not comparing unlike things, so it is not a metaphor.
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