Question

Painted station whistle by. Pick out figure of speech​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The figure of speech here is personification as the train has been made to whistle by the poet.

Answer 2

The figure of speech in the given sentence is personification.

• The railway station is personified in the poem's line, "Painted Station Whistle By," as someone who passes by next to us.
• It is the train that is personified in the poem's line, "Painted Station Whistle By," as someone who passes by next to us.
• It is the train itself that blows its horn as it passes through each station.
• This line serves as an illustration of the aural imagery in Robert Louis Stevenson's poem "From a Railway Carriage."
• A word or phrase that has a secondary meaning to that of its literal definition is known as a figure of speech.
• The poet writes that "in the wink of an eye, painted stations whistle by." This demonstrates the train's swift motion.
• Due to its rapid speed, stations whizz by like colourful pictures that are passed by simultaneously with the train's whistle in the wink of the eyes.

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