Question

"And over the waves it's warning rung"

Tell me the figures of speech present in the above line

Answer 1

Robert Southey used Visual imagery in the above line.

Answer 2

We are required to provide the figures of speech that have been used in the sentence. The figure of speech used in the line given is inversion.

• To create an impact the words have been placed in a different order.
• This helps to bring about a scene with an emphasis.
• The correct order in which the sentence could be written is " The warning rung over the waves."
• But the words have been used in different order to create an impact.
• The figure of speech that has been used in this question that is given in the form of a sentence is Inversion.

PROJECT CODE: #SPJ3