Question

21. .... well behind his desperate eyes'.
A. Synecdoche
B. Metonymy
C. Transferred Epithet
D. Metaphor​

Answer 1

Answer:

C is the answer of the question

Answer 2

Answer:

The figure of speech here is Transferred Epithet.

Explanation:

• In the given sentence, the figure of speech lies in 'desperate eyes'.
• Desperate eyes don't mean that the eyes are desperate.
• The meaning is that the heart of the person is desperate due to some reason.
• The transferred epithet is used to denote the situation, where an adjective qualifies any noun other than the one it is defining.
• Here, the heart of the person is desperate and not the eyes.

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