Question

Find out and explain the figure of speech in the following line :
"Did you waste the day or lose it. Was it well or sorely spent?"

Answer 1

Alliteration is used as a figure of speech.

Explanation:

• Many poets use it to emphasize and capture the attention of the readers or listeners.

• Alliteration focuses on using sounds. Similar words are used together in a sentence. The given sentence is taken from the poem "Have You Earned Your Tomorrow?" by the famous Edgar Guest.

• The tone of this sentence is interrogative. The poet wants to know if he had lived his day bitterly or was it well spent.