Question

the polished traffic passed with a mind ahead figure of speech​

Answer 1

ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴛʀᴀғғɪᴄ ᴘᴀssᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴍɪɴᴅ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ.

ᴀɴs : ᴀʟʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ɪs 'ᴘ' ɪs ʀᴇᴘᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴘᴏᴇᴛɪᴄ ᴇғғᴇᴄᴛ.

Answer 2

The figure of speech used is Transferred epithet

• It's employed when an adjective that's generally used to describe one thing is used to describe something else.
• An epithet represents a term or expression that characterises someone or something's principal trait.
• In the given sentence it is used in Polished traffic
• The term refers to upper-class people driving vehicles to their destinations probably to another location, oblivious to the rustic roadside stand.