Question

Explain the figure of speech used in the lines: (Last week in someone place we saw. A dozen eyeballs on the floor)

Answer 1

the poet has used hyperbole in the above lines for exaggeration ang give greater impact on readers minds for emphasis.

Answer 2

The figure of speech used in the given lines is hyperbole. It is used in the above lines because the poet wants to show exaggeration for the emphasis or effect to the things in has mentioned in lines following the given lines.

Additional Information:

Television is a didactic poem by Roald Dahl. In the poem, the poet clearly intends to teach the parents about harmful effects of television on children. It uses various kind of words to indicates its harmfulness. One of the most important things, it has a rhyming that encourages everyone to read it further.