Question

Faster than faries, faster than witches name and explain the figures of speech

Answer 1

Answer:

It’s a simile, which is a kind of basis for all other stylistic devices like metaphors, synecdocies, antonomasias, etc. Here, the word “than” shows that something is compared with witches and fairies. When there is any word that indicates direct comparison (than, like, as if, as though), it means that a simile is used. When comparison is indirect, then it’s a metaphor. If your phrase read, “they were the fairies, the witches of speed”, it would be a metaphor.