Question

'still here I carry my old delicious burdens...' Name the figure of speech.​

Answer 1

'still here I carry my old delicious burdens...' is an example of paradox.

Explanation:

• Figures of speech are literary devices which are words used to produce a rhetorical effect in a work of literature.
• It emphasizes and elevates the language and helps bring focus on it.
• There are various figures of speech used in prose as well as poetry to create a dramatic effect.
• Paradox is a figure of speech where two opposing ideas are taken together in a sentence. Here, burdens are described as delicious which have two opposing meanings.