Question

she was an elfin pinnace.name the figure of speech

Answer 1

In this poem extract of The Prelude, Wordsworth presents two contrasting ideas about nature, and allows the reader to decide what nature means to him or herself personally. The context of this extract from The Prelude also provides insight into the speaker and the author

Answer 2

The figure of speech used in line ‘She was an elfin pinnace’ is ‘transferred epithet’. Here elfin means ‘a person’s small and delicate features. Here elfin pinnace means ‘a small boat’.

Transferred Epithet

Transferred epithet is a figure of speech in which an adjective is used in front of a noun that is used creatively with some noun with which it is not normally used. For example in the expression ‘sleepless night’ the speaker intends to mean he could not sleep --- not the night.