What is the literary device used in "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." Indicate why you think the line represents a particular literary device?
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The literary device is Anastrophe (Inversion).
This means that the words in the given sentence are inversed i.e. they are not arranged in a proper order.
The correct order should be :-
'The head that wears the crown lies uneasy.'
This means that the words in the given sentence are inversed i.e. they are not arranged in a proper order.
The correct order should be :-
'The head that wears the crown lies uneasy.'
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The literary device used in the sentence 'Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown' is an anastrophe.
An anastrophe is the inversion of the typical word order in a sentence. It means that the words in a sentence are not properly arranged. The use of an anastrophe in a text sets it apart and attracts the reader's attention towards it.
The proper arrangement of words of the above sentence is ' The head that wears a crown lies uneasy'.
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