identify the figures of speech. 1- death lays his icy hand on kings. 2-Is life worth living? It depends on the liver. 3- laughter holding both her sides. 4- To err is human, to forgive divine. 5- The child is the father of man. 6- roll on thou deep and dark Blue Ocean roll. 7-The pen is mightier than the sword. 8- the whole city went out to see the victorious general. 9- peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.
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1. personification
2. rhetorical question. And also, pun
3. again, personification
4. Idiom / proverb
5. paradox or also, epigram. (Epigram:- An Epigram is a brief pointed saying frequently introducing antithetical ideas which excite surprise and arrest attention.)
7. metonymy. Pen refers to the written word and the sword to violence or physical reaction. Also used for rhetoric effect.
8. Is an example of metonymy. Basically, where a 'whole' or collective is used to symbolize a part. In this case, 'whole city' isn't ofcourse a geographic location; here it means it's inhabitants.
9. Is personification.
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