Question

Over thy wounds now do I prophesy, — Which, like d*mb mouths, do ope their ruby lips, To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue —
(i) Who spoke the above words (ii) Whose ‘wounds’ is the speaker referring to in the above lines ?
(iii) Identify and explain the figure of speech used in the above extracted

Answer 1

(i) Mark Antony is the speaker of the above words.
(ii) Antony is referring to the wounds of Julius Caesar who is lying dead.
(iii) The figure of speech used in the above extract is Personification.
The wounds of the dead body of Caesar have been personified as living beings, desperately trying to speak out to Mark Antony to beg 'his voice and utterance of his tongue'

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