Question

Gay notes of a flute came floating in the warm spring air from afar. identify the figure of speech in the above lines.

Answer 1

The figure of speech used in the given literary line is 'alliteration'. The sound 'f' has been repeated four times in the line.

Alliteration: Alliteration is the use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words that are close together, as ‘She sang a song of sixpence.’ ‘In the month of May millions of monkeys munch mangoes.’