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identify the figure of speech used in these lines ?

The garlands wither on your brow;
Then boast no more your mighty deeds!
Upon Death's purple altar now
See where the victor-victim bleeds.​

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Answered by upenderjoshi28
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Answer:

There are three figures of speech in the given lines:

1. In the line 'The garlands wither on your brow;' metaphor has been used.

Here youthfulness has been compared to a garland.

2. In the third line 'Upon Death's purple altar now' personification has been used. Death has been compared to a god.

3. In the fourth line 'See where the victor-victim bleeds.' oxymoron has been used in the compound word 'victor-victim'.

Explanation:

1. Metaphor is a word or phrase used to describe a person or something else in a way that is different from its normal use, in order to show that the two things have the same qualities and to make the description more powerful, for example ‘She has a heart of stone.’

2. Personification is the technique or practice of representing objects, qualities, etc. as humans, in art and literature. Poems, ‘The Brook’, ‘Song of the Rain’, and ‘Ode to Autumn’ are some famous examples of personification.

3. Oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two words that mean opposite of each other for example, cold fire, deafening silence.

In this expression oxymoron "victor-victim" means the one who was victor once, is victim now. Both the words are opposite to each other.  

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